- 1結核（病）的；肺結核患者的（舊式用法：指得結核病的人）
The adjective for tuberculosis — TB, the serious infectious lung disease. It works two ways.
The adjective for tuberculosis是tuberculosis的形容詞—— TB, the serious infectious lung diseaseTB，一種嚴重的傳染性肺病。 It works two ways它有兩種用法。
It describes the disease and what belongs to it: a tubercular infection, tubercular damage to the lungs. And, more old-fashioned, it describes a person who has the disease: 'a tubercular young poet'. That second use is common in nineteenth-century novels and history books, and doctors today avoid it, because naming a person by their illness is now felt to be ; they say 'a patient with tuberculosis'.
It describes the disease它可以形容這個病 and what belongs to it以及跟這個病有關的東西： a tubercular infectiontubercular infection（結核感染）、 tubercular damage to the lungstubercular damage to the lungs（結核造成的肺部損傷）。 And, more old-fashioned另外，比較舊式的用法是， it describes a person它可以形容一個人， who has the disease指得了這個病的人： 'a tubercular young poet'「a tubercular young poet」（患有肺結核的年輕詩人）。 That second use is common第二種用法常出現 in nineteenth-century novels and history books在十九世紀小說和歷史書裡， and doctors today avoid it而現在的醫生會避免這樣講， because naming a person by their illness因為用疾病來稱呼一個人 is now felt to be unkind現在被認為不太厚道； they say 'a patient with tuberculosis'他們會說「a patient with tuberculosis」。
There is also a plainer, non-medical meaning that comes straight from the word's parts — covered in small lumps, or shaped like a small lump. A may describe a tubercular stem, meaning a bumpy one.
There is also a plainer, non-medical meaning還有一個更平白、跟醫學無關的意思， that comes straight from the word's parts直接從這個字的組成部分來—— covered in small lumps指表面長滿小凸塊， or shaped like a small lump或是形狀像一個小凸塊。 A botanist may describe a tubercular stem植物學家可能會說tubercular stem， meaning a bumpy one意思是表面凹凸不平的莖。
In everyday Taiwan English you will meet the medical sense far more often, and mostly in reading rather than in speech, where people just say 'TB'.
In everyday Taiwan English在台灣的日常英文裡， you will meet the medical sense far more often你會更常遇到醫學上的意思， and mostly in reading rather than in speech而且大多出現在閱讀裡，不是講話裡， where people just say 'TB'講話時大家就直接說「TB」。
core核心畫面
組成From Latin tuberculum + -ar. Tuberculum is the small version of tūber, 'a lump' — so a tuberculum is 'a little lump'. Add -ar, the ending that means 'to do with', and you get 'to do with little lumps'. The disease is named that way because TB leaves small hard lumps in the lung.
同家族的字
- tuberculosissame tuberculum, 'little lump', + -osis, 'diseased state'
- tuberthe parent word — Latin tūber, a swelling; a potato is a swelling on the stem
- tubercletuberculum straight into English: the small lump itself
原始詞典資料4 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，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。
tubercularadj/tjuˈbɜːkjələ(ɹ)/
- 1
Of, pertaining to, or having tuberculosis.
- As he grew older, his tubercular thinness tended toward emaciation.
- He set up business in Sydney, the little capital city of one of the middle Southern states, lived soberly and industriously under the attentive eye of a folk still raw with defeat and hostility, and finally, his good name founded and admission won, he married a gaunt tubercular spinstress, ten years his elder, but with a nest egg and an unshakable will to matrimony.
- 2
Relating to or reminiscent of the wheezing sounds associated with the breathing of tuberculosis patients.
- The engine heaved. […] The thing sounded like a tubercular tugboat engine without a muffler.
- Crows on the roof beat their wings and made their low tubercular moan.
- 3
Having, being, or relating to tubercles.
- “ORANGE ORCHID” “SPOTTED ORCHID” […] Dorsal appendage of the hood of column smooth, tubercular and notched at the end.
tubercularnoun/tjuˈbɜːkjələ(ɹ)/
- 1
datedA person who has tuberculosis.
- They are the tuberculars, the psychiatrics, and the older men suffering from chronic conditions. All of those men are totally disabled.
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