ripening
v. 成熟,使熟( ripen的現在分詞 ); 熟化; 熟成
When crops ripen or when the sun ripens them, they become ripe.
I'm waiting for the apples to ripen...
我正在等待蘋果成熟。
You can ripen the tomatoes on a sunny windowsill.
把西紅柿放在有陽光的窗臺上可以讓它們成熟。
1. coming to full development; becoming mature
2. acquiring desirable qualities by being left undisturbed for some time
The corn is blossoming [ ripening ].
玉米正在開花 [ 成熟 ].
When the summer crop is ripening, the autumn crop has to be sowed.
夏季作物成熟時, 就得播種秋季作物.
The apples are ripening quickly ; we shall soon be able to pick them.
蘋果很快就熟了,不久, 我們就把它們摘下來.
The wheat was ripening; the cherry trees were heavy with fruit.
小麥在成熟, 櫻桃樹上也果實累累.
And they are tinkering with a tomato that stops ripening the moment it is harvested.
科學家們還在鼓搗一種剛收摘就停止成熟的西紅柿.