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单词 unconsumable
释义

unconsumableadj.

Etymology: un- prefix1 1bPrevious versions of the OED give the stress as: unconˈsumable.
1. That cannot be consumed; inexhaustible.
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the world > relative properties > quantity > sufficient quantity, amount, or degree > abundance > [adjective] > inexhaustible
bottomlessa1450
unconsumable1571
inexhaustiblea1631
inexhaurible1658
exhaustless1712
inexhaustive1728
inexhaustless1739
unbottomed1766
drainless1817
1571 A. Golding tr. J. Calvin Psalmes of Dauid with Comm. (xviii. 17) From whence the rivers have so unconsumable store and abundance of waters.
1586 T. Bowes tr. P. de la Primaudaye French Acad. I. 443 The wealth which proceedeth from liberalitie is vnconsumeable.
1615 G. Sandys Relation of Journey 127 [Arms and legs] from the Mummes (whereof there are an vnconsumeable number).
2. Incapable of being destroyed by fire.
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the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > coldness > quality of being incombustible > [adjective]
incombustible1471
uncombustible1576
inconsumable1646
incremable1646
uninflammable1666
unconsumable1670
non-inflammable1817
non-flammable1852
unburnable1881
non-flam1906
1670 T. Brooks Wks. (1867) VI. 207 How will an unconsumable soul and body be able to endure the scorching flames of hell for ever?
1859 G. A. Sala Twice round Clock (1861) 381 It was..suggested that he was unconsumable, made of asbestos.
1871 G. Meredith Odes French Hist. (1898) 57 Ever invoking fire from heaven, the fire Has grasped her, unconsumable.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online September 2021).
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