cli.mac.ter.ic
n.（名词）
A period of life characterized by physiological and psychic change that marks the end of the reproductive capacity of women and terminates with the completion of menopause.绝经期，更年期：生命的一个阶段，特征是标志妇女生殖能力终结及以停经完成为结束的生理、心理变化A corresponding period sometimes occurring in men that may be marked by a reduction in sexual activity, although fertility is retained.更年期：有时见于男性的一个相应时期，可能以虽然仍有生殖能力，但性能力降低为标志A critical period or year in a person`s life when major changes in health or fortune are thought to take place.转换期，危机期：人一生中关键的时期或年月，指当健康或命运的大变动将要发生时A critical stage, period, or year:转折点：一个关键的时期、阶段或年月：例句：.before the end of the millennium, whether[he] lives to see that ecclesiastical climacteric or not. (Conor Cruise O`Brien).在太平盛世终结前，［他］ 是否能活着看到基督教会的转折点. (康纳·克鲁斯·奥布赖恩)
adj.（形容词）Of or relating to a climacteric.更年期的：更年期的或与之相关的Critical; crucial.关键的；决定性的
来源：From Latin clomactôricus [of a dangerous period in life] 源自 拉丁语 clomactôricus [生命中一个危险阶段的] from Greek klimaktôrikos 源自 希腊语 klimaktôrikos from klimaktôr [dangerous point, rung of a ladder] 源自 klimaktôr [危险时刻，梯子的梯级] from klimax [ladder] * see climax 源自 klimax [梯子] *参见 climax
