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cli·mac·ter·ic AHD[klī-măkʹtər-ĭk, klī'măk-tĕrʹĭk] D.J.[klaɪˈmæktərɪk, ˌklaɪmækˈterɪk]K.K.[klaɪˈmæktərɪk, ˌklaɪmækˈtɛrɪk]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："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
- From Latin clīmactēricus [of a dangerous period in life] 源自 拉丁语 clīmactēricus [生命中一个危险阶段的]
- from Greek klimaktērikos 源自 希腊语 klimaktērikos
- from klimaktēr [dangerous point, rung of a ladder] 源自 klimaktēr [危险时刻，梯子的梯级]
- from klimax [ladder] * see climax 源自 klimax [梯子] * 参见 climax
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