consumptive
🇺🇸
/kənˈsʌmptɪv/
🇬🇧
/kənˈsʌmptɪv/
adjective
R
suffering from a lung disease called consumption
The consumptive patient needed constant care.
患有肺結核的病人需要持續的照顧。
R
using up or destroying resources
The forest was damaged by consumptive activities like logging.
森林被伐木等消耗性活動破壞了。
noun
R
a person with the lung disease called consumption
In the 19th century, many consumptives were sent to the countryside for fresh air.
在19世紀，許多患有肺結核的人被送到鄉村呼吸新鮮空氣。
translation
患肺結核的, 消耗性的
肺結核患者
詞形變化
Plural
consumptives