menopause

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n. 绝经期 [医] 绝经

发音

其它 /ˈmɛnəpɔːz/

词形变化

menopauses 复数 menopauses menopauses 三单 menopausing 现在分词 menopaused 过去式 menopaused 过去分词

教材释义与例句

名词

更年期；活动终止期

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    The period in a woman's life when menstruation becomes irregular and less frequent before eventually stopping altogether, usually accompanied by a range of unpleasant symptoms; the period spanning perimenopause up to postmenopause.

    可数 不可数
  2. 2.

    The final menstrual period of a woman after which ovulation no longer occurs.

    更年期

    绝经

    经绝期

    可数 不可数
v.
  1. 1.

    To undergo the menopause.

    不及物 罕用

词汇关系

名词

同义词 2

change of life climacteric

上位词 1

biological time

整体词 1

middle age

相关短语

male menopause n. 男子更年期

词源

Etymology tree French méno- Ancient Greek παύω (paúō) Proto-Indo-European *-tis Ancient Greek -τις (-tis) Ancient Greek -σῐς (-sĭs) Ancient Greek παῦσις (paûsis)der. Latin pausabor. French -pause French ménopause English menopause From French ménopause, from Latin menopausis, from Ancient Greek μήν (mḗn, “month”) + παῦσις (paûsis, “pause”). Equivalent to meno- + -pause.

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