| 单词 | plateau phase |
| 释义 | > as lemmasplateau phase plateau phase n. the second of four stages of human sexual response identified by William Masters (see quot. 1960), in which there is a period of intense sexual excitement lasting a variable but usually short time following a longer phase of increasing excitement and succeeded either by orgasm or by a longer period of decreasing excitement. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sexual relations > sexual activity > [noun] > orgasm > stage preceding orgasm plateau phase1960 plateau1974 1960 W. H. Masters in Western Jrnl. Surg., Obstetr. & Gynecol. 68 58 The four phases of the human female's sexual response cycle are in order of their development: (1) the excitement phase; (2) the plateau phase; (3) the orgasmic phase; and (4) the resolution phase. 1976 B. Goldstein Human Sexuality ix. 157 If sexual motivation is maintained by adequate erotic stimulation, the excitement phase accelerates to the plateau phase. 1986 R. Goldenson & K. Anderson Sex A–Z (1987) 192/1 In women, the plateau phase is more complex and includes retraction of the clitoris as a protective measure... The phase may last 30 seconds to 3 minutes. < as lemmas |
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