Word · Frequency #14908
Fully loadedripen
成熟；(谷物、水果等)长熟
To grow ripe or mature, especially of grain, fruit, flowers, etc.
- 1.
Of grain, fruit, flowers, etc., to grow ripe; to become mature.
- 2.
To approach or come to perfection.
- 3.
To cause (something) to mature; to make ripe.
- 4.
To mature; to fit or prepare; to bring to perfection.
使成熟；催熟；趋于完善；臻于完美；使完善；使臻于完美；使成熟；成熟
In use
The tomatoes ripen slowly in the cool weather.
These bananas will ripen in a couple of days if you keep them in a paper bag.
The apples ripened earlier than usual this year.
sth ripens
ripen 作不及物动词用时，主语常为水果、谷物或花朵等。
Tomatoes usually ripen in the sun.
西红柿通常在阳光下成熟。
ripen sth
ripen 作及物动词时表示“使成熟”或“催熟”，宾语常为农作物或水果。
The warm sun ripens the grapes.
温暖的阳光使葡萄成熟。
ripen into sth
ripen into 常用于抽象事物，表示逐渐发展成更成熟、更完善的状态。
Their friendship ripened into a lasting partnership.
Connections
Collocations
- ripening process
- 成熟过程
- The ripening process continues after the fruit is picked.水果采摘后，成熟过程仍在继续。
- ripen into
- 发展为；成长为
- Their friendship gradually ripened into lasting love.他们的友谊逐渐发展成为持久的爱情。
- ripen in the sun
- 在阳光下成熟
- These strawberries ripen in the sun and taste sweeter.这些草莓在阳光下成熟，味道更甜。
- ripen naturally
- 自然成熟
- Bananas are often left to ripen naturally at home.香蕉通常放在家里自然成熟。
- ripen on the vine
- 在藤上成熟
- The grapes ripen on the vine by early autumn.葡萄在初秋时于藤上成熟。
Idioms & figurative uses
Learner notes
Memory Tip
把ripe（成熟的）加上-en，变成动词ripen：青苹果放几天，变红变熟，就是ripen。
Context & Register
语域：mixed 常见场景：fruit and crops、figurative or literary writing ripen 在日常谈论水果、谷物等成熟时属于中性表达；用于比喻意义（如时机、才能等逐渐成熟或完善）时多带书面或文学色彩。
Pronunciation & Spelling
No common word rhymes exactly with 'ripen' (/ˈraɪpən/). Words ending in /pən/ (happen, open, deepen, sharpen) share the final unstressed syllable sound with 'ripen' but not its stressed vowel /aɪ/, so they are not rhymes. Be careful: weapon also has final /pən/ but is spelled -pon; hyphen has the same stressed vowel /aɪ/ as 'ripen' but ends in /fən/, not /pən/.
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.