menstruate
verb🔊/ˈmenstrueɪt/
🔊/ˈmenstrueɪt/
[intransitive] (formal)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they menstruate | 🔊/ˈmenstrueɪt/ 🔊/ˈmenstrueɪt/ |
| he / she / it menstruates | 🔊/ˈmenstrueɪts/ 🔊/ˈmenstrueɪts/ |
| past simple menstruated | 🔊/ˈmenstrueɪtɪd/ 🔊/ˈmenstrueɪtɪd/ |
| past participle menstruated | 🔊/ˈmenstrueɪtɪd/ 🔊/ˈmenstrueɪtɪd/ |
| -ing form menstruating | 🔊/ˈmenstrueɪtɪŋ/ 🔊/ˈmenstrueɪtɪŋ/ |
when a woman menstruates, there is a flow of blood from her womb, usually once a month 行经；来月经 Word Originmid 17th cent.: from late Latin menstruat- ‘menstruated’, from the verb menstruare, from Latin menstrua ‘menses’.