mature 音标拼音: [mətʃ'ʊr] [mətj'ʊr]
a . 成熟的,到期的,充分考虑的
vt . 使成熟
vi . 成熟,到期
成熟的,到期的,充分考虑的使成熟成熟,到期
mature adj 1 :
characteristic of maturity ; "
mature for her age " [
ant :
{
immature }]
2 :
fully considered and perfected ; "
mature plans " [
synonym :
{
mature }, {
matured }]
3 :
having reached full natural growth or development ; "
a mature cell " [
ant : {
immature }]
4 :
fully developed or matured and ready to be eaten or used ;
"
ripe peaches "; "
full -
bodied mature wines " [
synonym : {
ripe },
{
mature }] [
ant : {
green }, {
immature }, {
unripe }, {
unripened }]
5 : (
of birds )
having developed feathers or plumage ;
often used in combination [
synonym : {
fledged }, {
mature }] [
ant : {
immature },
{
unfledged }]
v 1 :
develop and reach maturity ;
undergo maturation ; "
He matured fast "; "
The child grew fast " [
synonym : {
mature }, {
maturate },
{
grow }]
2 :
develop and work out fully in one '
s mind ; "
I need to mature my thoughts "
3 :
become due for repayment ; "
These bonds mature in 2005 "
4 :
cause to ripen or develop fully ; "
The sun ripens the fruit ";
"
Age matures a good wine " [
synonym : {
ripen }, {
mature }]
5 :
grow old or older ; "
She aged gracefully "; "
we age every day --
what a depressing thought !"; "
Young men senesce " [
synonym :
{
senesce }, {
age }, {
get on }, {
mature }, {
maturate }]
6 :
cause to ripen and discharge pus ; "
The oil suppurates the pustules " [
synonym : {
suppurate }, {
mature }]
Mature \
Ma *
ture "\,
v .
t . [
imp . &
p .
p . {
Matured };
p .
pr . &
vb .
n . {
Maturing }.] [
See {
Maturate }, {
Mature }.]
To bring or hasten to maturity ;
to promote ripeness in ;
to ripen ;
to complete ;
as ,
to mature one '
s plans . --
Bacon .
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Mature \
Ma *
ture "\,
v .
i .
1 .
To advance toward maturity ;
to become ripe ;
as ,
wine matures by age ;
the judgment matures by age and experience .
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2 .
Hence ,
to become due ,
as a note .
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Mature \
Ma *
ture "\,
a . [
Compar . {
Maturer };
superl . {
Maturest }.]
[
L .
maturus ;
prob .
akin to E .
matin .]
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1 .
Brought by natural process to completeness of growth and development ;
fitted by growth and development for any function ,
action ,
or state ,
appropriate to its kind ;
full -
grown ;
ripe .
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Now is love mature in ear . --
Tennison .
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How shall I meet ,
or how accost ,
the sage ,
Unskilled in speech ,
nor yet mature of age ? --
Pope .
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2 .
Completely worked out ;
fully digested or prepared ;
ready for action ;
made ready for destined application or use ;
perfected ;
as ,
a mature plan .
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This lies glowing , . . .
and is almost mature for the violent breaking out . --
Shak .
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3 .
Of or pertaining to a condition of full development ;
as ,
a man of mature years .
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4 .
Come to ,
or in a state of ,
completed suppuration .
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Syn :
Ripe ;
perfect ;
completed ;
prepared ;
digested ;
ready .
Usage : {
Mature }, {
Ripe }.
Both words describe fullness of growth .
Mature brings to view the progressiveness of the process ;
ripe indicates the result .
We speak of a thing as mature when thinking of the successive stayes through which it has passed ;
as ripe ,
when our attention is directed merely to its state .
A mature judgment ;
mature consideration ;
ripe fruit ;
a ripe scholar .
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developed \
developed \
adj .
1 .
being changed over time so as to be e .
g .
stronger or more complete or more useful ;
as ,
the developed qualities of the Hellenic outlook ;
the state '
s well -
developed industries .
Oppositre of {
undeveloped }. [
Narrower terms :
{
formulated }; {
mature }]
[
WordNet 1 .
5 ]
2 .
made more useful and profitable as by building or laying out roads ; --
of real estate .
new houses are springing up on the developed tract of land near the river Syn :
improved .
[
WordNet 1 .
5 ]
282 Moby Thesaurus words for "
mature ":
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accrue ,
adult ,
advance ,
age ,
aged ,
all ready ,
all set ,
archetypical ,
armed ,
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back ,
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blase ,
bloom ,
blooming ,
blossom ,
blossoming ,
blow ,
booted and spurred ,
breed ,
brew ,
briefed ,
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budding ,
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burgeon ,
burgeoning ,
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cast ,
classic ,
coached ,
cocked ,
coin ,
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come to fruition ,
come to maturity ,
complete ,
compose ,
compound ,
conceive ,
concoct ,
construct ,
consummate ,
consummated ,
contrive ,
cook up ,
cosmopolitan ,
cosmopolite ,
create ,
crescent ,
crown ,
culminate ,
cultivate ,
design ,
develop ,
developed ,
devise ,
discover ,
do to perfection ,
dream up ,
due ,
eke out ,
elaborate ,
embellish ,
engender ,
entire ,
equipped ,
erect ,
evolute ,
evolve ,
exemplary ,
experienced ,
expert ,
extrude ,
fabricate ,
fall due ,
familiarized ,
fashion ,
fill in ,
fill out ,
finish ,
finished ,
fledge ,
florescent ,
flourish ,
flourishing ,
flower ,
flowering ,
form ,
formulate ,
frame ,
fudge together ,
fulfill ,
full ,
full -
blown ,
full -
fledged ,
full -
grown ,
full -
scale ,
fully developed ,
gather ,
generate ,
germinate ,
get up ,
give being to ,
give rise to ,
global ,
good and ready ,
groomed ,
grow ,
grow up ,
growing ,
grown ,
grown up ,
grown -
up ,
hatch ,
hypertrophied ,
hypertrophy ,
improve ,
improvise ,
in arms ,
in arrear ,
in arrears ,
in battle array ,
in full bloom ,
in readiness ,
in the saddle ,
increase ,
indite ,
informed ,
intact ,
invent ,
knowing ,
knowledgeable ,
leave the nest ,
loaded ,
loaded for bear ,
make ,
make do with ,
make good ,
make up ,
manufacture ,
marriable ,
marriageable ,
masterful ,
masterly ,
maturate ,
maturated ,
matured ,
maturescent ,
mellow ,
mellowed ,
mint ,
mobilized ,
model ,
mold ,
mushroom ,
not born yesterday ,
nubile ,
of age ,
of marriageable age ,
old ,
on the mark ,
originate ,
outgrow ,
outstanding ,
overdevelop ,
overdeveloped ,
overdue ,
overgrow ,
overgrown ,
overtop ,
owed ,
owing ,
patch together ,
payable ,
perfect ,
perfected ,
piece out ,
piece together ,
plan ,
planned ,
polish ,
polished ,
practiced ,
prearranged ,
prefabricate ,
prepare ,
prepared ,
prepared and ready ,
prepped ,
primed ,
procreate ,
produce ,
proficient ,
progress ,
provided ,
psyched up ,
pullulate ,
put together ,
put up ,
quintessential ,
raise ,
reach its season ,
reach manhood ,
reach maturity ,
reach twenty -
one ,
reach voting age ,
ready ,
ready for anything ,
rear ,
receivable ,
redeemable ,
refill ,
refine ,
refined ,
replenish ,
reproduce ,
ripe ,
ripen ,
ripened ,
round out ,
run up ,
sagacious ,
season ,
seasoned ,
set ,
set up ,
settle down ,
shape ,
shoot up ,
solid ,
sophisticated ,
spawn ,
spring up ,
sprout ,
sprout up ,
sprouting ,
strike out ,
temper ,
tempered ,
think out ,
think up ,
thrive ,
thriving ,
toga virilis ,
top off ,
total ,
tower ,
tried ,
tried and true ,
unabbreviated ,
uncut ,
undiminished ,
unexpurgated ,
unpaid ,
unsettled ,
up in arms ,
upshoot ,
upspear ,
upspring ,
upsprout ,
vegetate ,
veteran ,
vigilant ,
wax ,
well -
prepared ,
whole ,
whomp up ,
world -
wise ,
worldly ,
worldly -
wise ,
write
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