| 单词 | mature |
| 释义 | ma·ture I. 1. < a mature argument > < mature reflections > < a mature plan of action > 2. a. < mature fruit > < the mature reproducing human being > < a mature ovary > : having undergone maturation < mature germ cells > b. < mature paper stock > < full-bodied mature wines > c. < a mature outlook > < parents were willing to be mature, to take responsibility — H.S.Canby > 3. < a man of mature years > : characteristic of or suitable to a mature individual < mature responsibilities > < a mature grace > 4. a. obsolete b. < a note that would become mature in 18 months > 5. a. of the topography of a surface b. < a mature stream > < mature coasts > II. transitive verb 1. obsolete 2. a. < summer suns maturing the fruit > b. < slowly matured his plans > c. intransitive verb 1. < wine and judgment mature with age > 2. of an obligation < the note matures next month > 3. of pottery Synonyms: < a generation of serious students, matured by military service and anxious to absorb the best of what the institutions have to offer — Roy Lewis & Angus Maude > < he matured the plan and attended to the details of fitting out the expedition that destroyed the privateer — C.S.Alden > develop indicates the freeing, unfolding, and growing of what has been latent, potential, or suspended < the kitten's hunting instinct was not yet developed — Bertrand Russell > < there developed a growing hostility against special privileges granted by the government — H.S.Drinker > < his interest in the theater, begun while he was a chemistry student, developed into a lifetime vocation — Americana Annual > ripen indicates attainment to a full stage of development, to the nearest possible perfection of the thing involved < friendship ripening into love > < at twenty-three she was still young enough to ripen to a maturer beauty — Ellen Glasgow > < he basked and ripened in the sun of books till he grew as mellow as a meerschaum — Van Wyck Brooks > < the civil law, which was in force in most of the countries of continental Europe and their colonies, was the accepted product of the ripened experience of many centuries of Roman jurisprudence — Encyc. Americana > age may indicate approach to a period of decline or decay in reference to people; in reference to things it may suggest withholding use until the perfective effects of time may be felt < he has aged, suddenly, as though the burden he has been carrying for years has only now begun to tell on him — Gordon Bell > < age the wine in old wooden barrels > < aging the cheese before shipping it out > III. < mature businesses > < mature products > < mature markets > |
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