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.
絕經期，更年期：生命的一個階段，特征是標志婦女生殖能力終結及以停經完成為結束的生理、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：有時見于男性的一個相應時期，可能以雖然仍有生殖能力，但性能力降低為標志
A critical period or year in a person`s life when major changes in health or fortune are thought to take place.
轉換期，危機期：人一生中關鍵的時期或年月，指當健康或命運的大變動將要發(fā)生時
A critical stage, period, or year:
轉折點：一個關鍵的時期、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)
.在太平盛世終結前，［他］ 是否能活著看到基督教會的轉折點. (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的
Critical; crucial.
關鍵的；決定性的

來源：
From Latin clomactôricus [of a dangerous period in life]
源自 拉丁語 clomactôricus [生命中一個危險階段的]
from Greek klimaktôrikos
源自 希臘語 klimaktôrikos
from klimaktôr [dangerous point, rung of a ladder]
源自 klimaktôr [危險時刻，梯子的梯級]
from klimax [ladder] * see climax
源自 klimax [梯子] *參見 climax