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Consumable goods are things made to be used up and then replaced, not kept for years. Printer ink, paper, batteries, soap, medical gloves — once you use them, they are gone, so you buy more. Offices and factories set them apart from machines and furniture, which are meant to last. It is a calm, practical, slightly technical word; a shop may just say supplies. As an adjective it sits in front of goods or supplies. As a noun, a consumable is one such item, though everyday English more often names the thing itself.
消耗性的、消耗品的
組成consume + -able: able to be used up. Consume came through Middle English consumen and Old French consumer from Latin cōnsūmō (“to use up”); -able is the old suffix meaning “that can be.”
同家族的字
- consumethe verb: to use something up
- consumablesthe plural noun for the goods themselves
- consumera person who buys and uses goods
- consumptionthe using-up of something
原始詞典資料3 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
consumableadj/kənˈsjuːməbəl/
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That is consumed or depleted upon use.
- Atwood's Edible Woman offers a brilliant analysis of woman as consumable in consumer capitalism: when Marian turns out in a tarty hairdo and red dress...
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That may be eaten.
consumablenoun/kənˈsjuːməbəl/
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A material or product that is produced for consumption.
- printer consumables such as toner and ink cartridges
- The drillhead produces the drilling rotation and torque but also must slide out of position to allow the machine to manipulate the finisher drill steel and consumables.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。