| 单词 | consumptive |
| 释义 | consumptive (once / 4940 pages) 1adj 2adjn WORD FAMILY consumptive: consumptively, consumptives+/consume: consumable, consumed, consumer, consumes, consuming, consumption, consumptive/consumed: unconsumed/consumer: consumerism, consumers/consuming: consumingly/consumption: consumptions/unconsumed: unconsumedly USAGE EXAMPLESOr the formative adolescent encounter with a consumptive sideshow hermaphrodite in a Philadelphia railroad yard. Seattle Times(Nov 24, 2016) “Presumptive” also echoes “consumptive,” suggesting an occupational disease that devours the body and spirit. The New Yorker(Oct 24, 2016) The “consumptive demand” loophole stood on the books for 86 years. Slate(Jul 01, 2016) 1 adj tending to consume or use often wastefully 2water suitable for beneficial consumptive uses duties consumptive of time and energy consumptive fires Syn|Ant exploitative, exploitatory, exploitive tending to exploit or make use of generative, productive having the ability to produce or originate 1adj afflicted with or associated with pulmonary tuberculosis a consumptive patient a consumptive cough Syn ill, sick affected by an impairment of normal physical or mental function 2n a person with pulmonary tuberculosis Syn|Hyper lunger, tubercular diseased person, sick person, sufferer a person suffering from an illness |
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