v.(使)成熟
The sun ripens the corn. 陽光使農(nóng)作物成熟。
Time had ripened his life and mellowed its fruits. 時(shí)間使他的生命成熟,結(jié)出碩果。
We are waiting for the first crops to ripen. 我們正等待著第一次農(nóng)作物的成熟。