maturity

名词 maturity:

1. the period of time in your life after your physical growth has stopped and you are fully developed
   同义词：adulthood
2. state of being mature; full development
   同义词：matureness
3. the date on which a financial obligation must be repaid
   同义词：maturity date, due date

1. An opening at definite places at maturity to release or expose the contents, such as seeds from a fruit or pollen from an anther.
   开裂，裂开到达成熟期时在一定的位置裂开的口子，以释放或显露出内含物，如从果实的裂口处释放出来的种子或从花粉囊中散发出的花粉
2. My plan has gradually come to maturity.
   我的计划逐渐成熟。
3. His experience has a slow maturity.
   他的经验缓慢地成熟。
4. Teenage is the period at which the body reaches maturity.
   青少年是身体成熟期。

ma.tur.i.ty

n.（名词）
【复数】 ma.tur.i.ties

The state or quality of being fully grown or developed.
发达，完全发育：完全长成或发展了的状态或品质
The state or quality of being mature.
成熟：成熟的状态或品质

The time at which a note or bond is due.
票据或证券等的到期时间
The state of a note or bond being due.
票据或证券等的到期
Geology A stage in the development of streams or landscapes at which maximum development has been reached or at which the process of erosion is going on with maximum vigor. Maturity of a landscape continues throughout the period of maximum topographic differentiation or until about three fourths of the original mass is carried away by erosion.
【地质学】 壮年期：河流或地形进入了充分发展阶段或腐蚀作用达到最强的阶段。 地形壮年期贯穿最大地形变异全过程或直至原地块的四分之三因侵蚀流失

来源：
Middle English maturite
中古英语 maturite
from Old French
源自 古法语
from Latin m3tôrit3s
源自 拉丁语 m3tôrit3s
from m3tôrus [mature] * see mature
源自 m3tôrus [成熟的] *参见 mature