mature
v. 長大成人; 成熟; 釀成; 到期
adj. 成熟的; 釀熟的; 成年的; 到期的
When a child or young animal matures, it becomes an adult.
You will learn what to expect as your child matures physically...
在孩子身體發育成熟時,你就知道會發生什麼事了。
The eggs hatched and the chicks matured.
小雞破殼而出。
When something matures, it reaches a state of complete development.
When the trees matured they were cut in certain areas...
在有些地方,樹木長成後就會被砍掉。
Their songwriting has matured.
他們的歌曲創作水平已經成熟。
If someone matures, they become more fully developed in their personality and emotional behaviour.
Hopefully after three years at university I will have matured...
希望3年大學生活之後我能變成熟。
I thought you had matured enough not to be giggly and silly about serious art.
我覺得你已經長大成人,不應該再衝著嚴肅的藝術作品傻笑。
If you describe someone as mature, you think that they are fully developed and balanced in their personality and emotional behaviour.
They are emotionally mature and should behave responsibly...
他們在情感上已經成熟,應該負責任地行事。
You and I are mature, freethinking adults.
你我都是明白事理、思想自由的成年人。
If you describe the work of an artist, writer, or musician as mature, you mean that it is thoughtful and skilful and shows that their abilities have fully developed.
It is his most mature comedy yet.
這是他迄今最成熟的喜劇作品。
If something such as wine or cheese matures or is matured, it is left for a time to allow its full flavour or strength to develop.
Unlike wine, brandy matures only in wood, not glass.
和葡萄酒不同的是,白蘭地只能在木製容器而非玻璃容器裡釀製。
...the cellars where the cheeses are matured.
釀製乳酪的地窖
Mature cheese or wine has been left for a time to allow its full flavour or strength to develop.
Grate some mature cheddar cheese.
將一些已經釀熟的切達乾酪磨碎。
...the best place to enjoy fine, mature wines.
品嚐葡萄佳釀的最佳之處
When an investment such as a savings policy or pension plan matures, it reaches the stage when you stop paying money and the company pays you back the money you have saved, and the interest your money has earned.
These bonuses will be paid when your savings plan matures in ten years' time.
這些紅利會在10年後存款到期時支付。
...an endowment policy that matured on September 1.
9月1日到期的人壽定期保險單
If you say that someone is mature or of mature years, you are saying politely that they are middle-aged or old.
...a man of mature years who had been in the job for longer than most of the members could remember.
一個已過中年的男子,大多數成員都不記得他幹這行有多久了
1. develop and reach maturity; undergo maturation;
2. develop and work out fully in one's mind;
3. become due for repayment;
4. cause to ripen or develop fully;
5. grow old or older;
6. cause to ripen and discharge pus;
1. characteristic of maturity;
2. fully considered and perfected;
3. having reached full natural growth or development;
4. fully developed or matured and ready to be eaten or used;
5. (of birds) having developed feathers or plumage; often used in combination
adult, grown-up, mature
這些形容詞均有"成年的,成熟的"之意。
mature, ripen, age, develop
這些動詞均有"成熟,長成"之意。
mature, ripe
這兩個形容詞都含"成熟的"之意。
It is a fairly mature development zone.
是一個比較成熟的開發區.
Follicle dehiscent; mature carpels tappering to the base , apex papillate.
果開裂, 成熟心皮向基部變狹, 上部多疣.
However, that situation will change as our air -- ground modes grow and mature.
但是隨著我們空對地模式的發展和成熟, 這種情況也會發生改變.
Cranes take from four to seven years to mature before they pair up.
鶴要4至7歲才成熟交配.
But I will try more perfect oneself, listener, with more mature attitude to face my work.
不過我會努力更加完善自己, 聽取別人的意見, 以更加成熟的姿態來面對我的工作.