ripe: [OE] Ripe is restricted to the West Germanic languages – it has relatives in German reif and Dutch rijp. Its antecedents are uncertain, but some have linked it with reap [OE], as if its underlying meaning is ‘ready for harvesting’. And reap itself may go back to an Indo- European base *rei- ‘tear, scratch’, and hence denote etymologically ‘strip’ the fruits, seeds, etc from plants.
ripe (adj.)
Old English ripe "ready for reaping, fit for eating, mature," from West Germanic *ripijaz (cognates: Old Saxon ripi, Middle Dutch ripe, Dutch rijp, Old High German rifi, German reif); related to Old English repan "to reap" (see reap). Meaning "ready for some action or effect" is from 1590s. Related: Ripely; ripeness.
雙語例句
1. The conditions are ripe for the spread of disease.
這種疾病傳播的條件已經成熟。
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2. Haig's message was that victory was ripe for picking.
黑格傳達的意思是說勝利唾手可得。
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3. He lived to the ripe old age of 95.
他活到了95歲高齡。
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4. Conditions were ripe for an outbreak of cholera.