| 单词 | maturation |
| 释义 | maturation (once / 25583 pages) n Maturation is the process that a living thing goes through as it ages and becomes ripe or fully developed. Things that go through maturation include soybeans, antelope, bourbon, frogs, magnolia trees, the human sex drive, peaches, and much more. As something becomes mature it goes through maturation. To be mature is to be ripe, ready, and fully grown. Some natural maturation processes are easy to identify, like the duration of a fruit fly’s development from egg to adult, but others are more difficult to pinpoint. For instance, you may know some people who, despite having passed their fortieth birthdays, seem to have missed that bit of maturation that would keep them from calling their friends toilet-themed nicknames. WORD FAMILYmaturation: maturational+/immature: immaturely, immatureness, immaturity/immaturity: immaturities/maturate: maturates, maturating, maturation/mature: immature, maturate, matured, maturely, maturement, matureness, maturer, matures, maturest, maturing, maturity/maturity: maturities, post-maturity USAGE EXAMPLESCrisp admits the next step in the maturation process is being able to contribute when his shot isn’t falling. Seattle Times(Dec 31, 2016) Unfolding with a minimum of dialogue, Francisca’s maturation from watcher to doer would be laughable if performed with less nuance or photographed with less originality. New York Times(Dec 01, 2016) They found similar and additional proteins connected to growth, development, and maturation, they report today in eLife. Science Magazine(Nov 29, 2016) 1n coming to full development; becoming mature Syn|Hyper maturement, ripening biological process, organic process a process occurring in living organisms 2n (biology) the process of an individual organism growing organically; a purely biological unfolding of events involved in an organism changing gradually from a simple to a more complex level Syn|Ant|Hypo|Hyper development, growing, growth, ontogenesis, ontogeny nondevelopment failure of normal development to occur culture (biology) the growing of microorganisms in a nutrient medium (such as gelatin or agar) amelogenesisthe developmental process of forming tooth enamel angiogenesisthe formation of new blood vessels apposition(biology) growth in the thickness of a cell wall by the deposit of successive layers of material auxesisgrowth from increase in cell size without cell division anthesis, blossoming, efflorescence, florescence, flowering, inflorescencethe time and process of budding and unfolding of blossoms caenogenesis, cainogenesis, cenogenesis, kainogenesis, kenogenesisintroduction during embryonic development of characters or structure not present in the earlier evolutionary history of the strain or species (such as the addition of the placenta in mammalian evolution) cohesion(botany) the process in some plants of parts growing together that are usually separate (such as petals) cultivationthe process of fostering the growth of something cytogenesis, cytogenythe origin and development and variation of cells foliation, leafing(botany) the process of forming leaves fructificationthe bearing of fruit gametogenesisthe development and maturation of sex cells through meiosis germination, sproutingthe process whereby seeds or spores sprout and begin to grow habitthe general form or mode of growth (especially of a plant or crystal) infructescencethe fruiting stage of the inflorescence intussusception(biology) growth in the surface area of a cell by the deposit of new particles between existing particles in the cell wall juvenescencethe process of growing into a youth life cyclethe course of developmental changes in an organism from fertilized zygote to maturity when another zygote can be produced masculinisation, masculinization, virilisation, virilizationthe abnormal development of male sexual characteristics in a female (usually as the result of hormone therapies or adrenal malfunction) morphogenesisdifferentiation and growth of the structure of an organism (or a part of an organism) myelinisation, myelinizationthe development of a myelin sheath around a nerve fiber neurogenesisthe development of nerve tissues palingenesis, recapitulationemergence during embryonic development of various characters or structures that appeared during the evolutionary history of the strain or species proliferationgrowth by the rapid multiplication of parts psychogenesisa general term for the origin and development of almost any aspect of the mind psychogenesisthe development in the life of an individual of some disorder that is caused by psychological rather than physiological factors psychomotor developmentprogressive acquisition of skills involving both mental and motor activities psychosexual development(psychoanalysis) the process during which personality and sexual behavior mature through a series of stages: first oral stage and then anal stage and then phallic stage and then latency stage and finally genital stage rootingthe process of putting forth roots and beginning to grow suppressionthe failure to develop some part or organ dentition, odontiasis, teethingthe eruption through the gums of baby teeth teratogenesisthe development of defects in an embryo vegetationthe process of growth in plants startera culture containing yeast or bacteria that is used to start the process of fermentation or souring in making butter or cheese or dough oogenesisdevelopment of ova precocious dentitionteething at an earlier age than expected spermatogenesisdevelopment of spermatozoa biological process, organic process a process occurring in living organisms 3n (medicine) the formation of morbific matter in an abscess or a vesicle and the discharge of pus Syn|Hyper festering, suppuration activity, bodily function, bodily process, body process an organic process that takes place in the body |
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