climacteric
n. 更年期, 绝经, 断经, 断经期, 危机, 转折点, 危机期 a. 更年期的, 危机的, 关键的
发音
词形变化
别名
释义与例句
-
1.
A critical stage or decisive point; a turning point.
Sketch of Connecticut, Forty Years Since, p. 66-67. [H]e was in his grand climacterick, with a florid brow, and a step like youthful agility. Sigourney, Lydia.
-
2.
A period in human life in which some great change is supposed to take place, calculated in different ways by different authorities (often identified as every seventh or ninth year).
-
3.
The period of life that leads up to and follows the end of menstruation in women; the menopause.
医学
-
1.
Pertaining to any of several supposedly critical years of a person's life.
-
2.
Critical or crucial; decisive.
-
3.
Relating to a period of physiological change during middle age; especially, menopausal.
医学 -
4.
Climactic.
-
5.
(of fruit) That continues to ripen after being harvested.
生物 植物学
词汇关系
相关短语
词源
From Latin clīmactēricus, from Koine Greek κλιμακτηρικός (klimaktērikós), from κλιμακτήρ (klimaktḗr, “scale, progression, gradation”).
来源：wiktionary