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    Hormonal describes things that belong to hormones: the body's own chemical messengers, made in , that tell parts of you to grow, sleep, change mood, make milk, start puberty, and so on. A hormonal change is a change those chemicals are driving. Doctors and biology teachers use it quite calmly: hormonal treatment, the hormonal system.

    Hormonal Hormonal describes形容的是 things that belong to hormones跟荷爾蒙有關的事物 the body's own chemical messengers身體自己的化學信差 made in glands由腺體製造 that tell parts of you告訴你身體的各部分 to grow, sleep, change mood, make milk, start puberty, and so on該生長、睡覺、換心情、分泌乳汁、開始青春期等等 A hormonal change荷爾蒙的變化 is a change those chemicals are driving就是這些化學物質引發的變化 Doctors and biology teachers醫生和生物老師 use it quite calmly用起來相當平常 hormonal treatment像hormonal treatment(荷爾蒙治療) the hormonal system the hormonal system(荷爾蒙系統)。

    In everyday talk, especially about teenagers and about women around a period, people say someone is hormonal when their feelings swing hard and they want a kind body-reason: the chemicals are pushing. That everyday use is common, a bit informal, and it can sound as if only women get it, which is not true — bodies of every kind run on hormones.

    In everyday talk在日常說話裡 especially about teenagers and about women around a period尤其講到青少年或月經前後的女性時 people say someone is hormonal大家會說某人hormonal when their feelings swing hard當他們的情緒起伏很大 and they want a kind body-reason而且想找個溫和的身體理由 the chemicals are pushing也就是化學物質在作祟 That everyday use這種日常用法 is common, a bit informal很常見、有點口語 and it can sound as if only women get it聽起來好像只有女生會這樣 which is not true其實並不對 bodies of every kind run on hormones任何身體都靠荷爾蒙運作。

    The tidy picture is about those chemicals. The living picture is that people also use it as a soft word for moody just now, and there is a body reason.

    The tidy picture整潔的說法 is about those chemicals說的是那些化學物質 The living picture活生生的說法 is that people also use it則是大家也拿它 as a soft word for moody just now當作「現在心情不好」的委婉說法 and there is a body reason而且背後有個身體上的理由。

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組成hormone + -al (of or relating to). Hormone itself comes from Greek hormē, a starting-push or impulse, through the scientific noun hormone.

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  • hormonethe noun for the chemical; hormonal is hormone + -al

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hormonaladj/hɔɹˈmoʊnəl/

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    biochemistrybiologychemistryPertaining to hormones.

    • The authors also said they attempted to investigate whether there are differing breast cancer risks between hormonal and nonhormonal IUDs.
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    Of or pertaining to the menstrual cycle.

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    Strongly affected by one's hormones.

    • a hormonal teenage boy
    • All those male bodies and loud, virile male hormonal voices.

資料來源:英文維基詞典 English WiktionaryCC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。