Consumptive

[kən'sʌm(p)tɪv] or [kən'sʌmptɪv]

解釋/意思:

(noun.) a person with pulmonary tuberculosis.

(adj.) tending to consume or use often wastefully; 'water suitable for beneficial consumptive uses'; 'duties consumptive of time and energy'; 'consumptive fires' .

(adj.) afflicted with or associated with pulmonary tuberculosis; 'a consumptive patient'; 'a consumptive cough' .

戴维斯整理--From WordNet

解釋/意思:

(a.) Of or pertaining to consumption; having the quality of consuming, or dissipating; destructive; wasting.

(a.) Affected with, or inclined to, consumption.

(n.) One affected with consumption; as, a resort for consumptives.

錄入:昆西