| 单词 |
prematuration |
| 释义 |
▪ I. prematuration, n.|prɛmətjʊˈreɪʃən, ˌpriːmætjʊˈreɪʃən|
[f. premature a. (adv.) + -ation.]
1. The fact of making or becoming mature unnaturally early.
1909Westm. Gaz. 3 Feb. 2/1 The systems followed in the schools of the leading civilised races of the world make for prematuration.
2. [after F. prematuration premature birth.] = prematureness. rare—1.
1977A. Sheridan tr. Lacan's Écrits iv. 137 This is a point that I think I have myself helped to elucidate by conceiving the dynamics of the so-called mirror stage as a consequence of a prematuration at birth.
▪ II. prematuration, a.|priːmætjʊˈreɪʃən|
[f. pre- B. 2 + maturation.]
Occurring before maturation.
1919T. H. Morgan Physical Basis Heredity xii. 142 Most of the eggs pass through this early prematuration stage in the larvæ and some of them may reach the maturation stage in the pupa. 1974Austral. Jrnl. Agric. Res. XXV. 883 Only in one cultivar..could a difference in rate of development between samples be attributed with any confidence to pre-maturation cold acquisition. |
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