a. ripe for weeping,ready to weep要哭(的)。 △3H.VI.1.4.172: “What,weeping-ripe,myLord Northumberland?”怎么,诺森伯兰爵爷,你要哭吗? weeping-ripe for: ready to weep for lack of由于没有…而急得要哭。 △L.L.L.5.2.275 (274): “The King wasweeping-ripe for a good word.”国王想不出一句巧妙的答话,急得几乎要哭。