出处：按学科分类—语言、文字 辽宁人民出版社《英汉辞典》第266页（242字）
【词性】：n．
【释义】：
①消费，消耗，消耗量：production and consumption 生产和消费．Consumption of raw material and cost of production have been reduced year by year．原料消耗和生产成本已经逐年降低．②【医】结核病：pulmonary consumption 肺病．consumption of the bowels肠结核．