menopause英语原文释义、词形变化、词源和词汇关系

英文释义

名词 n.

The period in a woman's life when menstruation becomes irregular and less frequent before eventually stopping altogether, usually accompanied by a range of unpleasant symptoms; the period spanning perimenopause up to postmenopause. countable,uncountable

— The encounter soured Thomas's relationship with Jessa, who had founded the mobile payments company, with the chief executive eventually attributing the 51-year-old's behavior to the menopause, an employment tribunal was told.
The final menstrual period of a woman after which ovulation no longer occurs. countable,uncountable

动词 v.

To undergo menopause. intransitive,rare

词形变化

menopauses plural menopauses present,singular,third-person menopausing participle,present menopaused participle,past menopaused past

词汇关系

近义词

estropause femopause

反义词

menarche

衍生词

femopause henopause male menopause manopause menopausal menopaused menopausing menoporsche menopot penopause perimenopause philosopause premenopause pseudomenopause

并列词

andropause viropause

词源

词源 1

Etymology tree
French méno-
Ancient Greek παύω (paúō)
Proto-Indo-European *-tis
Ancient Greek -τις (-tis)
Ancient Greek -σῐς (-sĭs)
Ancient Greek παῦσις (paûsis)der.
Latin pausabor.
French -pause
French ménopause
English menopause
From French ménopause, from Latin menopausis, from Ancient Greek μήν (mḗn, “month”) + παῦσις (paûsis, “pause”). Equivalent to meno- + -pause.

词源 2

Etymology tree
French méno-
Ancient Greek παύω (paúō)
Proto-Indo-European *-tis
Ancient Greek -τις (-tis)
Ancient Greek -σῐς (-sĭs)
Ancient Greek παῦσις (paûsis)der.
Latin pausabor.
French -pause
French ménopause
English menopause
From French ménopause, from Latin menopausis, from Ancient Greek μήν (mḗn, “month”) + παῦσις (paûsis, “pause”). Equivalent to meno- + -pause.