名詞 maturity:

1. the period of time in your life after your physical growth has stopped and you are fully developed
   同義詞：adulthood
2. state of being mature; full development
   同義詞：matureness
3. the date on which a financial obligation must be repaid
   同義詞：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.
   開(kāi)裂，裂開(kāi)到達(dá)成熟期時(shí)在一定的位置裂開(kāi)的口子，以釋放或顯露出內(nèi)含物，如從果實(shí)的裂口處釋放出來(lái)的種子或從花粉囊中散發(fā)出的花粉
2. My plan has gradually come to maturity.
   我的計(jì)劃逐漸成熟。
3. His experience has a slow maturity.
   他的經(jīng)驗(yàn)緩慢地成熟。
4. Teenage is the period at which the body reaches maturity.
   青少年是身體成熟期。

ma.tur.i.ty

n.（名詞）
【復(fù)數(shù)】 ma.tur.i.ties

The state or quality of being fully grown or developed.
發(fā)達(dá)，完全發(fā)育：完全長(zhǎng)成或發(fā)展了的狀態(tài)或品質(zhì)
The state or quality of being mature.
成熟：成熟的狀態(tài)或品質(zhì)

The time at which a note or bond is due.
票據(jù)或證券等的到期時(shí)間
The state of a note or bond being due.
票據(jù)或證券等的到期
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.
【地質(zhì)學(xué)】 壯年期：河流或地形進(jìn)入了充分發(fā)展階段或腐蝕作用達(dá)到最強(qiáng)的階段。 地形壯年期貫穿最大地形變異全過(guò)程或直至原地塊的四分之三因侵蝕流失

來(lái)源：
Middle English maturite
中古英語(yǔ) maturite
from Old French
源自 古法語(yǔ)
from Latin m3tôrit3s
源自 拉丁語(yǔ) m3tôrit3s
from m3tôrus [mature] * see mature
源自 m3tôrus [成熟的] *參見(jiàn) mature