| 释义 |
ma·tu·ri·ty
\-_rəd.ē, -ətē, -i\ noun
(-es)
Etymology: Middle English maturite, from Latin maturitat-, maturitas ripeness, from maturus ripe + -itat-, -itas -ity
1. obsolete : due care or consideration : deliberateness
2. : the quality or state of being mature : full development : ripeness
< maturity of grain >
< maturity of judgment >
< maturity of wine >
3. obsolete : prompt action or consideration
4. : a becoming due : termination of the period that a note or other obligation has to run
5. : a stage intermediate between youth and old age that is the second of the three principal stages in a cycle of erosion or of other geologic change |