单词 | depleter |
释义 | depletern. A thing which depletes something (as energy, wealth, natural resources, etc.). Frequently with of or preceding modifying noun. ΚΠ 1867 Dubuque (Iowa) Daily Herald 19 Feb. Naturee [sic] is the grand antagonist of disease, and the depleters propose to prostrate Nature, in order..to give the enemy a double chance at the life of the patient! 1875 Southern Planter & Farmer Jan. 20 A very small rain..then acts as a depleter or leecher, running or carrying off all the..plant food. 1877 Galaxy Apr. 478 There will be peace while the pauper devours the prince; or there will be pestilence, which is a sure depleter. 1929 R. W. Kelso Poverty ii iv. 65 Drink, which figures so largely in the budgets of the poor, is a waster of substance and a depleter of physical strength. 1944 Independent Record (Helena, Montana) 4 Nov. 4/1 One of the erroneous ideas is that the bean is a soil builder, not a soil depleter. 1988 Crain's Chicago Business (Nexis) 14 Mar. 17 For corporations, real estate is an earnings depleter because of depreciation. 2003 D. Du N. Winter Ecol. Psychol. i. 21 In fact, overconsumption is the biggest depleter of the earth's carrying capacity. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1867 |
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