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Premature Latin 无 Premə'Tjuə A.过早的,早熟的 英 Adj 过早的

单词 premature
音标 [premə'tjuə]
解释 a.过早的,早熟的
红宝书 【英】 adj. 过早的, 早熟的(developing or happening before the natural or proper time)
【记】 pre(提前)+mature (成熟的)
字源 premature (adj.)
mid-15c., from Latin praematurus "early ripe" (as fruit), "too early, untimely," from prae "before" (see pre-) + maturus "ripe, timely" (see mature (v.)). Related: Prematurely; prematurity; prematuration. Premature ejaculation is attested from 1848; Latin euphemism ejaculatio praecox dates to 1891 in English but was used earlier in German and appears to have been, at first at least, the psychologist's term for it.
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