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1. Oxford American Dictionary

   climacteric

   • IPA[klīˈmaktərik]

   美式

   • n.
     a critical period or event；the period of life when fertility and sexual activity are in decline; (in women) menopause.
   • adj.
     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

2. • 釋義

   n.

   名詞

   • 1. a critical period or event the first major climacteric in twentieth-century poetry
   • ▪ the period of life when fertility and sexual activity are in decline; (in women) menopause.
   • ▪ the ripening period of certain fruits such as apples, involving increased metabolism and only possible while still on the tree.

   adj.

   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
   • ▪ occurring at, characteristic of, or undergoing the climacteric; (in women) menopausal.
   • ▪ (of a fruit) undergoing a climacteric.
3. • 更多解釋

   climacteric

   • IPA[ˌklʌɪmakˈtɛrɪk]

   英式

   • n.
     a critical period or event: the first major climacteric in twentieth-century poetry
   • adj.
     having extreme and far-reaching implications or results; critical: Britain must possess so climacteric a weapon in order to deter an atomically armed enemy

   Oxford Dictionary