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

这其中奥妙在于随着这些果实成熟会释放乙烯，而乙烯反过来会加速果实成熟。

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

就像乙烯样，众所周知，天然气也会加快蔬果成熟。

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

这品成熟慢以世界各国。

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

显然毫无用处。但是泼孜纳普技术却大大加速了成熟过程。

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

我喜欢闻11月份成熟稻米散发香味。

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

奥维德在他些诗中谈，吻味道闻起来就像箱子里成熟苹果。

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。个名叫Calgene公司销售以延缓成熟时间番茄品。

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，在西红柿成熟过程中，你不能在冷藏它们情况下不损失风味。

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。

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

些公司正在测试覆盖物以减缓水果成熟过程，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，也许在耐心地等待着人们发现。

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

对他爱情来说，障碍是催其成熟太阳，此时此刻，他正处于极度痛苦之中。

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

这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子传播动物。

I see trees laden with ripening fruit.

我看树上挂满了成熟果实。

Fresh fruit is ripening on my counter.

新鲜水果在我桌面上 ripening。 注：这里 " ripening" 直译为“正在成熟”，但根据上下文，以更自然地表达为“成熟中”。所以更自然翻译是：“新鲜水果在我桌面上成熟中。”

And what they're attracted to is that smell in the fruit as it's ripening.

而它们被吸引是水果成熟时散发出气味。

An example I'll give you is fruit ripening.

我给你举个例子，就是水果成熟过程。

To assist ripening, lift them in late summer with a garden fork.

为了促进成熟，在夏末用园艺叉将它们轻轻抬起。

The old idea of bending down the stems to help ripening has now been forgotten.

过去那通过弯曲茎秆来促进成熟老方法，如今已被遗忘。

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。