| 释义 |
Noun: consumption kun'súm(p)shun- The process of taking food into the body through the mouth (as by eating)
- ingestion, intake, uptake - Involving the lungs with progressive wasting of the body
- pulmonary tuberculosis, phthisis, wasting disease, white plague - (economics) the utilization of economic goods to satisfy needs or in manufacturing
"the consumption of energy has increased steadily"
- economic consumption, usance, use, use of goods and services - The act of consuming something
- using up, expenditure
Derived forms: consumptions See also: consume Type of: activity, bodily function, bodily process, body process, demand, depletion, T.B., TB, tuberculosis Encyclopedia: Consumption |