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单词 tablet
释义
tablettab‧let /ˈtæblɪt/ ●●● S3 noun [countable] Word Origin
WORD ORIGINtablet
Origin:
1300-1400 Old French tablete, from table
Examples
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
  • vitamin C tablets
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • After she had swallowed the sleeping tablets, Carolyn slept for fourteen hours.
  • Another method is to use Boots Sterotabs, £1.39 for 48 tablets.
  • I was on tablets for two days and then taken off, just like that.
  • It first appears in Linear B tablets from Pylos.
  • Physiotherapy and anti-inflammatory tablets are helping to clear up tendonitis which forced him to return home early from Majorca earlier this month.
  • Three empty bottles of anti-depressant tablets were by his side.
Thesaurus
THESAURUS
noun [countable, uncountable] a substance used for treating illness: · Certain medicines should not be taken with alcohol.· Has he taken his medicine?
noun [countable] a small piece of medicine that you swallow: · She managed to swallow the pill with a sip of water.· The doctor gave him some pills.· sleeping pills· diet pills· contraceptive pills
noun [countable] especially British English a small piece of solid medicine: · She’s now on four tablets a day.· a five-day course of tablets· sleeping tablets· anti-malaria tablets
· The doctor put him on a course of antibiotics.· Why don’t you take some aspirin?· The tablets contain codeine, which is unsuitable for people with asthma.
noun [countable] a small tube-shaped container with medicine inside that you swallow whole: · a bottle of 500 capsules of vitamin C· I advised her to take four to six garlic capsules a day for the duration of the treatment.
noun [countable] a small smooth pill that is slightly longer than it is wide – used especially on bottles and containers: · In small type, the consumer is warned not to take more than one caplet per day.
liquid medicine that you put into your eye or ear: · Remember — if you’re using eye drops for your hay fever, leave your contact lenses out.
noun [countable, uncountable] especially British English (also lotion especially American English) a thick smooth substance containing medicine, that you put on your skin: · an antibiotic cream· antiseptic cream· skin cream
noun [countable] a medicine or a substance for making medicines: · a drug used to treat malaria· There are a wide range of different drugs on the market.
noun [countable usually singular] the amount of medicine that you should take at one time: · The dosage should be reduced to 0.5 mg.· It’s important to get the dosage right.
noun [countable, uncountable] medicine or drugs given to someone who is ill: · He takes medication for his diabetes.· She’s on medication (=taking medication), having suffered from depression for a number of years.
WORD SETS
anabolic steroid, nounanaesthetic, nounantacid, nounantibiotic, nounantidepressant, nounantidote, nounantihistamine, nounanti-inflammatory, adjectiveantitoxin, nounaspirin, nounbalm, nounbalsam, nounbandage, nounbandage, verbBand-Aid, nounbarbiturate, nounbatch, nounBCG, nounbelladonna, nounbeta-blocker, nounbismuth, nounbooster, nouncaffeine, nouncapsule, nouncastor oil, nounchemotherapy, nounclinical, adjectivecodeine, nouncondom, nouncortisone, nouncough mixture, noundepressant, noundisinfect, verbdisinfectant, noundispensary, noundispense, verbdispensing chemist, noundiuretic, noundosage, noundose, noundose, verbdraught, noundrip, noundrug, noundrug, verbdruggist, noundrugstore, nounear drops, nounemetic, nounemollient, adjectiveEpsom salts, nouneucalyptus, nounexpectorant, nounfluoridate, verbfluoride, nounfolic acid, noungripe water, nounhallucinogen, nounhemlock, nounherbal, adjectiveherbal medicine, nounhypnotic, nounimmunize, verbinfusion, nouninhalant, nouninhaler, nouninject, verbinjection, nouninoculate, verbintravenous, adjectiveiodine, nounlaxative, nounlotion, nounlozenge, nounmagnesia, nounmedicament, nounmedicated, adjectivemedication, nounmedicinal, adjectivemedicine, nounmelatonin, nounmethadone, nounmilk of magnesia, nounmorning-after pill, nounmorphia, nounmorphine, nounnarcotic, nounnarcotic, adjectiveneedle, nounniacin, nounnicotine patch, nounobstetrician, nounointment, nounopiate, nounopium, nounoral contraceptive, nounoverdose, nounover-the-counter, adjectivepack, nounpainkiller, nounparacetamol, nounpastille, nounpatch, nounpatent medicine, nounpenicillin, nounpharmaceutical, adjectivepharmaceuticals, nounpharmacist, nounpharmacology, nounpharmacopoeia, nounpharmacy, nounplacebo, nounprescribe, verbprescription, nounpurgative, nounquinine, nounRDA, nounreaction, nounremedy, nounrubbing alcohol, nounsalve, nounsedation, nounsedative, nounsenna, nounserum, nounside effect, nounsleeping pill, nounspecific, nounsteroid, nounstimulant, nounstrychnine, nounsuppository, nounsurgical spirit, nounsyringe, nountablet, nountake, verbThalidomide, nountherapist, nountincture, nountonic, nountranquillizer, nountruth drug, nounvaccinate, verbvaccine, nounValium, nounVaseline, nounwitch-hazel, noun
Collocations
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRYverbs
(=swallow it)· Have you taken your tablets?
spoken (=be taking tablets)· He's on tablets for his heart.
· He took his own life by swallowing more than 500 tablets.
(=tells someone to take them)· Dr Preston arrived and prescribed some pain-relieving tablets.
ADJECTIVES/NOUN + tablet
· Sleeping tablets can be addictive.
· Do you want a headache tablet?
· She's on iron tablets for her anaemia.
· Are all these vitamin tablets really necessary?
phrases
· Although this drug is available in tablet form it is often prescribed as a powder.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE
· Carolyn sat on her bed and swallowed the sleeping tablets, washing each down with a mouthful of water.· They were sleeping tablets to help me sleep.· The sleeping tablets hadn't worked.· Tranquillisers, anti-depressants, or sleeping tablets should only be taken if they are really needed.· Montag returns home just after his first meeting with Clarisse to discover his wife has taken an overdose of sleeping tablets.· I no longer need sleeping tablets, I no longer need the occasional valium.· He didn't want to wake the sleeping tablets?· Clare had put her to bed and given her a mug of warm milk and two sleeping tablets.
NOUN
· There is evidence that the Babylonians were using sine tables, recorded in cuneiform symbols on clay tablets, long before Hipparchus.· The administration of each territory was finely tuned and certain aspects of it were recorded on clay tablets at the urban centres.
· Then she took out the ecstasy tablet and unwrapped it.· She succumbs after being slipped an ecstasy tablet.· Armed police found 21,000 ecstasy tablets.
· Also, try the herb Valerian, which can be taken in tablet form.· In the case of most vitamin supplements which are available in tablet form, excess amounts are simply excreted by the body.
· Eat smaller meals and try soda mints or indigestion tablets.
· The villa location, largely hidden in undergrowth, is marked with a stone tablet erected by the Club.
· All you get in Holloway is vitamin tablets or iron tablets.
VERB
· We found the salt tablets and a bottle of mineral water.· Police raiding the riverboat party had found cocaine, ecstacy tablets, amphetamines and cannabis resin.· You may find that pain-relieving tablets help.· Anyone finding the tablets is asked to hand them into the police.
· I was patched up, had to see the doctor, was given some tablets and that was it.· Joe had given him painkilling tablets to ease his discomfort, but this only made matters worse.· This is not only important for giving tablets, but it also enables you to inspect their teeth.· Eventually she managed to give him his tablet in a nice, juicy pear.· If you got a headache or anything, the nurse would just give you daft little tablets for it.· We gave her salt tablets and two of her own pills; her head wobbled loosely as she swallowed.
· Physiotherapy and anti-inflammatory tablets are helping to clear up tendonitis which forced him to return home early from Majorca earlier this month.· They were sleeping tablets to help me sleep.· One tablet daily will help give added protection during winter and throughout the school year.· Just two tablets at bedtime will help you gently drift off.
· Nevertheless we are told that he kept tablets or notebooks under his pillow, and would practise his letters from time to time.· And so his advice is: keep taking the tablets.· Taking the medicine Keep tablets and liquid medicines out of reach and sight of children.
· The threats broke Errol, and doctors prescribed Prozac for depression and sleeping tablets for insomnia.· Sister Aimee died in 1944, from an accidental overdose of sleeping tablets.· By the end of the Tour, you need sleeping tablets.
· Carolyn sat on her bed and swallowed the sleeping tablets, washing each down with a mouthful of water.· An 11-month old baby died after accidentally swallowing a few laetrile tablets.· She swallowed the tablets and drained the mug, feeling a great deal better.· He was shivering again and he swallowed another handful of tablets from his waist pouch.· After she had swallowed the sleeping tablets, Carolyn slept for fourteen hours.
· The girl has recovered from her wounds but is still taking tablets to sleep at night.· Then she took three tablets and she killed herself.· He's been taking tablets ever since and they appear to have controlled his condition.· I was taking two tablets a day.· My sister, who is 80, lives on her own and takes no tablets.· After taking away our tablets, he made us recite what we had written.· She woke the following morning and took more tablets.· Constipation Moses took two tablets and went up the mountain.
· Try doing without sugar in beverages or use a tablet or liquid sweetener. 4 Avoid too much salt.· I've had the experience a couple of times - just to use the tablets up.
· The political aims of the centre are not written on tablets of stone and handed down from the Mount.
1a small round hard piece of medicine which you swallow SYN  pill:  She took a couple of headache tablets.vitamin/sleeping/indigestion etc tablet2a small hard piece of a substance, especially one that dissolves in water:  water purification tablets3a flat piece of stone or clay with words cut into it, for example above someone’s grave4be written/set/cast in tablets of stone British English used to say that something does not change:  The programme should not be set in tablets of stone, but improved continuously.5American English a set of pieces of paper for writing on that are glued together at the top SYN pad British English6 (also tablet computer) a computer that you can carry with you which has a touch screen and does not have a separate keyboardCOLLOCATIONSverbstake a tablet (=swallow it)· Have you taken your tablets?be on tablets spoken (=be taking tablets)· He's on tablets for his heart.swallow a tablet· He took his own life by swallowing more than 500 tablets.a doctor prescribes tablets (=tells someone to take them)· Dr Preston arrived and prescribed some pain-relieving tablets.ADJECTIVES/NOUN + tableta sleeping tablet· Sleeping tablets can be addictive.a headache/indigestion etc tablet· Do you want a headache tablet?a paracetamol/quinine/iron etc tablet· She's on iron tablets for her anaemia.a vitamin tablet· Are all these vitamin tablets really necessary?phrasesin tablet form· Although this drug is available in tablet form it is often prescribed as a powder.
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