Lord Braybrooke has hothouses to force the ripening of fruit and vegetables although that is a little expensive.

布雷布鲁克勋爵有温室来催熟水果和蔬菜，尽管成本有点贵。

Interesting.The answer is actually 1994. A company called Calgene sold a product that delayed the ripening of tomatoes.

有意思。但答案其实是1994年。一个名叫Calgene的公司销售的一种可以延缓成熟时间的番茄品种。

Meaning they release ethylene gas as they mature—and the gas in turn accelerates ripening.

其中的奥妙在于些果实的成熟会释放乙烯，而乙烯反过来会加速果实的成熟。

Just like ethylene, natural gas is known to increase the ripening process.

就像乙烯一样，众所周知，天气也会加快蔬果成熟。

It's good to smell the scent of ripening rice in November.

我喜欢闻11月份成熟的稻米散发的香味。

This variety can be shipped to countries around the world without ripening too quickly.

种品种成熟慢可以运送到世界各国。

Obviously, no use at all. But Podsnap's Technique had immensely accelerated the process of ripening.

显用处。但是泼孜纳普技术却加速了成熟的过程。

Ovid in some of his poems talked about kisses smelling like ripening apples in a chest.

奥维德在他的一些诗中谈到，吻的味道闻起来就像箱子里成熟的苹果。

Some companies are testing coverings to slow the ripening process in fruit and packets to keep food fresh.

一些公司正在测试覆盖物以减缓水果的成熟过程，也在测试包装以保持食物新鲜。

They have been there for ages, ripening slowly, perhaps waiting patiently for people to come along to encounter them.

它们在那里存在很久了，慢慢地成熟，也许在耐心地等待人们的发现。

So basically, there's no point in a tomato's ripening process where you can refrigerate them without losing flavor.

所以基本上，在西红柿成熟的过程中，你不可能在冷藏它们的情况下不损失风味。

C. To speed up their ripening.

C. 加速它们的成熟。

Obstacles were a ripening sun to his love, and he was at this moment in a delirium of exquisite misery.

对他的爱情来说，障碍是催其成熟的太阳，此时此刻，他正处于一种极度痛苦之中。

I see trees laden with ripening fruit.

我看到树上结满了成熟的果实。

Age was upon him, he was ripening for the chimney-corner.

年龄在他身上， 他正在为烟囱角成熟。

The ripening season has to be perfect.

葡萄成熟的季节必须是完美的。

That's under ripe to think that it's in an atmosphere perfect for ripening.

认为它处于适合成熟的气氛中，还不够成熟。

The fruit ripening faster is real.

- 水果成熟得更快是真实的。

It's nice for us at the grocery store, but ethylene helps plants by synchronizing ripening, to draw in hungry seed-dispersing animals.

在杂货店对我们来说很好，但乙烯帮助植物通过同步成熟来吸引饥饿的种子传播动物。

Where they moved depended on where food was available --- places where plants were ripening or fish were spawning.

他们移动的地方取决于哪里有食物——植物成熟或鱼产卵的地方。