con·sump·tive /-ˈsʌm(p)tɪv/
 (a.)消費的,浪費的,消耗性的肺病患者


 con·sump·tive /-ˈsəm(p)tɪv/ 形容詞
 消耗性的,肺結核病患者


 Con·sump·tive a.
 1. Of or pertaining to consumption; having the quality of consuming, or dissipating; destructive; wasting.
    It [prayer] is not consumptive or our time.   --Sharp.
    A long consumptive war.   --Addison.
 2. Med. Affected with, or inclined to, consumption.
    The lean, consumptive wench, with coughs decayed.   --Dryden.


 Con·sump·tive, n. One affected with consumption; as, a resort for consumptives.

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 consumptive
      adj 1: tending to consume or use often wastefully; "water suitable
             for beneficial consumptive uses"; "duties consumptive
             of time and energy"; "consumptive fires" [ant: generative]
      2: afflicted with or associated with pulmonary tuberculosis; "a
         consumptive patient"; "a consumptive cough"
      n : a person with pulmonary tuberculosis [syn: lunger]