tubercular

a. 有结核的, 结节的, 结核的 [医] 结节的, 结节状的

发音

UK /tjuˈbɜːkjələ(ɹ)/
US /tuˈbɝkjəlɚ/

词形变化

tuberculars 复数 tuberculars more tubercular 比较级 most tubercular 最高级

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A person who has tuberculosis.

    过时
adj.
  1. 1.

    Of, pertaining to, or having tuberculosis.

    2012, Will Self, “Kafka’s Wound, A digital essay” London Review of Books website, The adult Kafka – the Kafka vermiculated by tubercular bacilli after having been played on for decades, as a demonic organist might press fleshy keys and pull bony stops, by his own relentless neurasthenia – reached a mystical appreciation of his youthful velleity, characterising it as a desire both to expertly hammer together a table and at the same time ‘do nothing’.

  2. 2.

    Relating to or reminiscent of the wheezing sounds associated with the breathing of tuberculosis patients.

  3. 3.

    Having, being, or relating to tubercles.

词汇关系

名词

同义词 2

consumptive lunger

上位词 2

sufferer sick person
形容词

同义词 1

tuberculous

近义相关 2

sick ill

词源

Latin tuberculum (“diminutive of tuber (“lump”)”) + -ar

来源：wiktionary