English Dictionary

climacteric

/klʌɪmakˈtɛɹɪk/

adj

Pertaining to any of several supposedly critical years of a person's life. / Critical or crucial; decisive.

The climacteric weather made it difficult to go outside.

意味（1）

Pertaining to any of several supposedly critical years of a person's life.

Closely parallel to the belief in unlucky days was the notion of climacteric years, those periodic dates in a man's life which were potential turning-points in his health and fortune.

意味（2）

Critical or crucial; decisive.

意味（3）

(medicine) Relating to a period of physiological change during middle age; especially, menopausal.

意味（4）

Climactic.