ripen
- v. 成熟
- v. 使成熟
- Definition
- v. to become ripe
- v. to make something become ripe
- Example
- The bananas will ripen quickly if left on the counter.
- 香蕉放在台面上很快就会熟。
Synonyms & Differences 近义词辨析
Compared meaning: to become fully developed or ready (verb).
比较义项：成熟（动词）。
- mature
General verb for people, animals, or abstract things becoming fully grown or developed; not limited to food, and often used about emotional or physical growth.
泛指人、动物或抽象事物变得发育完全或成熟，不限于食物，常用于描述情感或身体上的成长。
Some kids mature emotionally much earlier than others their own age.
有些孩子在情感上比同龄人成熟得早得多。
- ripen 本词
Narrow verb used only for fruit, vegetables, or crops becoming ripe — sweeter, softer, and ready to eat.
用法较窄，只用于水果、蔬菜或农作物变得成熟——变甜、变软、可以食用。
These tomatoes need another few days on the windowsill to ripen.
这些番茄还需要在窗台上放几天才能成熟。
Mature and ripen both mean to become fully developed. Mature is general: people, animals, or abstract things becoming grown, often emotionally. Ripen applies only to fruit, vegetables, or crops becoming sweet, soft, and ready to eat. Mature's due date sense for bonds is not compared.
这两个词都可以译成“成熟”，但使用对象不同：mature多用于人、动物或抽象事物，指长大、发育完全或变得成熟；ripen只用于水果、谷物等农产品，指变甜、变软、可以食用。此外，mature还有“（票据、债券等）到期”的义项，这里不作比较。