con·sump·tive /-ˈsʌm(p)tɪv/
(a.)消費的,浪費的,消耗性的肺病患者
con·sump·tive /-ˈsəm(p)tɪv/ 形容詞
消耗性的,肺結核病患者
Con·sump·tive a.
1. Of or pertaining to consumption; having the quality of consuming, or dissipating; destructive; wasting.
It [prayer] is not consumptive or our time. --Sharp.
A long consumptive war. --Addison.
2. Med. Affected with, or inclined to, consumption.
The lean, consumptive wench, with coughs decayed. --Dryden.
Con·sump·tive, n. One affected with consumption; as, a resort for consumptives.
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consumptive
adj 1: tending to consume or use often wastefully; "water suitable
for beneficial consumptive uses"; "duties consumptive
of time and energy"; "consumptive fires" [ant: generative]
2: afflicted with or associated with pulmonary tuberculosis; "a
consumptive patient"; "a consumptive cough"
n : a person with pulmonary tuberculosis [syn: lunger]