搜尋結果
climacteric
- IPA[ˌklʌɪmakˈtɛrɪk]
英式
- a critical period or event；the period of life when fertility and sexual activity are in decline; (in women) menopause
- having extreme and far-reaching implications or results; critical；occurring at, characteristic of, or undergoing the climacteric; (in women) menopausal
noun: climacteric, plural noun: climacterics
- 釋義
名詞
- 1. a critical period or event the first major climacteric in twentieth-century poetry
- 2. the period of life when fertility and sexual activity are in decline; (in women) menopause most women do not experience significant psychological problems at the climacteric
- 3. the ripening period of certain fruits such as apples, involving increased metabolism and only possible while still on the tree ripening accompanied by a sharp rise in respiration, the so-called climacteric
形容詞
- 1. having extreme and far-reaching implications or results; critical Britain must possess so climacteric a weapon in order to deter an atomically armed enemy
- 2. occurring at, characteristic of, or undergoing the climacteric; (in women) menopausal every year adds new symptoms to climacteric syndrome
- 3. (of a fruit) undergoing a climacteric it doesn't ripen off the tree, being a climacteric fruit
