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单词 premature
释义
pre·ma·ture (prēmə-tyr, -tr, -chr)
adj.
1. Occurring, growing, or existing before the customary, correct, or assigned time; uncommonly or unexpectedly early: a premature end.
2. Born after a gestation period of less than the normal time: a premature infant.

[Middle English, ripe, from Latin praemātūrus, ripe too early : prae-, pre- + mātūrus, ripe; see mā-1 in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.]

prema·turely adv.
prema·tureness, prema·turi·ty n.
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