名詞 climacteric:

1. a period in a man's life corresponding to menopause
2. the time in a woman's life in which the menstrual cycle ends
   同義詞：menopause, change of life

cli.mac.ter.ic

n.（名詞）

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.
絕經(jīng)期，更年期：生命的一個(gè)階段，特征是標(biāo)志婦女生殖能力終結(jié)及以停經(jīng)完成為結(jié)束的生理、心理變化
A corresponding period sometimes occurring in men that may be marked by a reduction in sexual activity, although fertility is retained.
更年期：有時(shí)見于男性的一個(gè)相應(yīng)時(shí)期，可能以雖然仍有生殖能力，但性能力降低為標(biāo)志
A critical period or year in a person`s life when major changes in health or fortune are thought to take place.
轉(zhuǎn)換期，危機(jī)期：人一生中關(guān)鍵的時(shí)期或年月，指當(dāng)健康或命運(yùn)的大變動(dòng)將要發(fā)生時(shí)
A critical stage, period, or year:
轉(zhuǎn)折點(diǎn)：一個(gè)關(guān)鍵的時(shí)期、階段或年月：
例句：
.before the end of the millennium, whether[he] lives to see that ecclesiastical climacteric or not. (Conor Cruise O`Brien)
.在太平盛世終結(jié)前，［他］ 是否能活著看到基督教會(huì)的轉(zhuǎn)折點(diǎn). (康納·克魯斯·奧布賴恩)

adj.（形容詞）
Of or relating to a climacteric.
更年期的：更年期的或與之相關(guān)的
Critical; crucial.
關(guān)鍵的；決定性的

來源：
From Latin clomactôricus [of a dangerous period in life]
源自 拉丁語 clomactôricus [生命中一個(gè)危險(xiǎn)階段的]
from Greek klimaktôrikos
源自 希臘語 klimaktôrikos
from klimaktôr [dangerous point, rung of a ladder]
源自 klimaktôr [危險(xiǎn)時(shí)刻，梯子的梯級(jí)]
from klimax [ladder] * see climax
源自 klimax [梯子] *參見 climax