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Menopausal is the describing word for menopause: the time, usually around fifty, when a woman's monthly bleeding stops for good.
Menopausal is the describing word for menopauseMenopausal是menopause的形容詞形式: the time, usually around fiftymenopause指的是通常在五十歲左右, when a woman's monthly bleeding stops for good女性月經永久停止的那段時期。
Doctors talk about menopausal symptoms — the sudden heat in the face and chest, the thin sleep, the mood swings that can come with the change. People also say a menopausal woman, meaning a woman in that stage of life.
Doctors talk about menopausal symptoms醫生會談到menopausal symptoms(更年期症狀)——the sudden heat in the face and chest臉部和胸口突然發熱, the thin sleep淺眠, the mood swings that can come with the change可能隨著這個轉變而來的情緒起伏。People also say a menopausal woman大家也會說a menopausal woman, meaning a woman in that stage of life意思是處於這個人生階段的女性。
It is a medical and ordinary adjective, not a dramatic one.
It is這 a medical and ordinary adjective是個醫學上、平常會用的形容詞, not a dramatic one不是誇張的用字。
Be careful with the tone, though actually: in loose talk some speakers use menopausal as a cheap joke about a woman being difficult or moody. That is , and it is not how you should use the word.
Be careful with the tone, though actually不過實際上要小心語氣: in loose talk some speakers use menopausal as a cheap joke在隨口的說法裡,有些人會拿menopausal來當廉價的玩笑 about a woman being difficult or moody取笑一個女性難搞或情緒化。That is unkind那樣是不厚道的, and it is not how you should use the word也不是這個字應該被使用的方式。
The noun is menopause; this -al form only describes.
The noun is menopause名詞是menopause; this -al form only describes這個-al形式只是用來形容。
組成menopause + -al. Menopause itself is from French ménopause, from Greek μήν (mḗn, 'month') + παῦσις (paûsis, 'a stopping').
同家族的字
- menopausemenopausal is the describing-word form of this noun
- pausethe second half of menopause; the Greek piece meant a stopping
- menstruationboth rest on an old word for month, because a period follows a monthly rhythm
原始詞典資料2 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
menopausaladj
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Of, or pertaining to the menopause.
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Presently experiencing or having previously experienced menopause.
- And in March last year, 62-year-old Sue Williams scratched eight cars belonging to strangers in her hometown of Sevenoaks, Kent, causing at least £8,000 worth of damage. Last month her lawyer told Medway Magistrates’ Court that Ms Williams had been menopausal at the time.
資料來源:英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary(CC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。