1. maturation

1. 后熟：成熟 ripening | 后熟 maturation | 灭菌 sterilization

2. 成熟酌：matter 事物 | maturation 成熟酌 | maturative 催脓药

1. (葡萄酒、奶酪等的)酿熟过程
    The maturation of something such as wine or cheese is the process of its being left for a time to become mature.

    e.g. The period of maturation is determined by the cellar master.
           酿熟期的长短由地窖的主人决定。

2. (年轻人)长大成人，发育成熟
    The maturation of a young person''s body is the process of it becoming like an adult''s.

1. (medicine) the formation of morbific matter in an abscess or a vesicle and the discharge of pus

    Synonym: festeringsuppuration

2. (biology) the process of an individual organism growing organically
    a purely biological unfolding of events involved in an organism changing gradually from a simple to a more complex level

    e.g. he proposed an indicator of osseous development in children

    Synonym: growthgrowingdevelopmentontogenyontogenesis

3. coming to full development
    becoming mature

    Synonym: ripeningmaturement