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，而乙烯反过会加速果实成熟。

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.

显然毫无用处。但是泼孜纳普技术却大大加速了成熟过程。

The captain alone was familiar with the cave where this wonderful fruit of nature was ripening; he alone reared it, so to speak, in order to transfer it one day to his dearly beloved museum.

只有尼摩船长才认得这个天然先比果实在其中“成熟”腔洞；又可以说，只是他自己把这颗珍珠培养起，有一天他可以拿摆在他那满自琳琅陈列室中。

But if you take these fruits out of the fridge and put them on the counter, they will start ripening again and recover most of their flavor.

但是如果你把这些冷藏过水果拿出冰箱，然后放到柜台上，他们就会再次开始成熟，并且恢复大部分口感。

There was field upon field of ripening grain, with well-paved roads running between, and pretty rippling brooks with strong bridges across them.

这里有良田，阡陌相连，成熟庄稼在田里随风起着波浪，铺砌道路横亘在中间，流水淙淙小溪上面，架着坚固桥梁。

And Ryp Labs, based in the U.S. and Belgium, is working on a sticker for fruits and vegetables that would release gas to slow ripening.

总部位于美国和比利时Ryp Labs正在研究一种用于水果和蔬菜贴纸，这种贴纸可以释放气体延缓成熟。

She was eager to hear about the farm. Was the wheat ripening? How many acres had her son Jan put into potatoes?

她渴望听到关于事情，小麦成熟了吗？有多少公顷土地让简用种土豆了？

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

这在杂货店对我们说很好，但乙烯帮助植物通过同步成熟吸引饥饿种子传播动物。

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

对他爱情说，障碍是催其成熟太阳，此时此刻，他正处于一种极度痛苦之中。

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。

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。一个名叫Calgene公司销售一种可以延缓成熟时间番茄品种。

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催熟水果和蔬菜，尽管成本有点贵。

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

奥维德在他一些诗中谈到，吻味道闻起就像箱子里成熟苹果。

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

我喜欢闻11份成熟稻米散发香味。

You might have noticed that a lot of different fruits seem to taste worse after a stint in the fridge, but this is generally thought to be because lower temperatures halt the ripening process.

你可能已经注意到了很多水果在冰箱里放了一段时间后都变得没那么好吃了，但是这通常被认为是因为低温阻止了成熟过程。

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成熟过程，也在测试包装以保持食物新鲜。

For example, Chicago-based Hazel Technologies has been selling a chemical compound, called 1-MCP, that is used in a room to slow the ripening process in fruit.

例如，总部位于芝加哥Hazel Technologies一直在销售一种名为1-MCP化合物，这种化合物用于减缓室内水果成熟过程。

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，你不可能在冷藏它们情况下不损失风味。