ripe
adj
1 (of fruit, grain, etc) ready to be gathered and used, esp for eating (指水果、 谷物等)成熟的
Are the apples ripe enough to eat yet? 这些苹果已经熟了吗?
harvest the ripe corn 收割已成熟的谷物
(fig 比喻) Her lips were ripe as cherries, ie full and red like ripe cherries. 她的嘴唇像樱桃一样红润.
2 (of cheese) fully matured or developed (指乾酪)已成熟的: ripe cheese 成熟的乾酪
(rare fig 罕, 比喻) ripe judgement, scholarship 成熟的判断力、 丰富的学识.3 (of a person's age) advanced (指人)成年的, 上年纪的
men of riper years 已成年的男子
lived to a ripe old age 活到高龄
(ironic 反语) at the ripe old age of 21 正值21岁高龄.
4 [pred 作表语]
~ (for sth) ready; fit; prepared 时机成熟; 适宜; 准备就绪
land that is ripe for development 适合开发的土地
a nation ripe for revolution 革命时机已成熟的国家.
5 (idm 习语) the time is ripe => time1.
Heavy iron chains around his feet and hands were fixed to a metal bar that ran round the hall about ten centimetres off the ground.
手上和脚上沉重的铁链拴在厅堂四周离地约有10厘米的金属杆上。
From this we get the expression to make a beeline for someone or something, which means to go quickly along a straight direct course for someone or something.
从这里我们得到一条短语"to make a beeline for someone or something,意思是迅速地沿着一条直线向某人或某物走去。