ripening process

基本解释

The growth and ripening process of bananas, however, is different.
然而，香蕉的生长和成熟过程却并不是这样。
Keep your bananas on the kitchen counter and let the fruits ripen. The ripening process is prevented if bananas are put in the cooler.
把香蕉放在橱柜上，让它们自然成熟就好。因为如果放冷却器里，香蕉成熟的过程会受到阻碍。
However, in fruit that are picked before complete ripening (e.g., apples, bananas, pears), much of the stored starch is converted to sugars as ripening process.
可是，在许多完全成熟前摘下的水果（如苹果、香蕉、梨）中，贮存的大部分淀粉会在继续成熟时转化为糖。马铃薯在冷藏间还原糖含量也会增加。

Otherwise, Chiquita sends bananas to several distribution centers, where they are stored in "ripening rooms" designed to reactivate the ripening process.
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