consumpt
consumpt — 名詞
1. the using up of something such as food, fuel, or money, or the amount of it that
消耗；耗用
把燃料、糧食等用掉的量或過程
the using up of something such as food, fuel, or money, or the amount of it that gets used
Nellie wrote down the household's weekly consumpt of flour and sugar.
Nellie 記下家裡每週麵粉和糖的消耗量。
weekly consumpt of [resource] — amount used over a period
At the old mill, the daily consumpt of coal rose every winter.
在那座老磨坊，每天的煤炭消耗量每年冬天都會增加。
the daily consumpt rose — consumpt as a measurable rate
Samir measured the factory's gas consumpt before setting next month's budget.
Samir 在制定下個月的預算前，先量了工廠的瓦斯耗用量。
By spring, the village had cut its consumpt of wood by half.
到了春天，村子已把木柴的消耗量減少了一半。
Careful records showed a steady consumpt of firewood throughout the cold season.
仔細的記錄顯示，整個寒冷季節裡柴火都被穩定地耗用。
- consumption
the standard, far more common term in modern English
- use
more general everyday word for the amount of something used
- usage
often for utilities such as water or electricity
- expenditure
more formal; can also cover money spent, not just goods
- production
the making of goods rather than the using of them
- supply
the amount available rather than the amount used up
文法句型
consumpt of + noun
the daily/weekly consumpt
用法筆記
Common chiefly in Scottish usage and now rare; standard modern English prefers 'consumption'. Usually followed by 'of' plus the resource being used up (consumpt of coal, of hay).