[N-COUNT 可数名词]药片;片剂 A tablet is a small solid round mass of medicine which you swallow.
[oft n N]
It's time for your tablets, dear...
该吃药了,亲爱的。
It is never a good idea to take sleeping tablets regularly.
频繁服用安眠药绝对不是好办法。
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[N-COUNT 可数名词](黏土、石头制成的)牌,匾,碑 Clay tablets or stone tablets are the flat pieces of clay or stone which people used to write on before paper was invented. tablets of stone→see:
stone
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[oft n N]
He also studied the ancient stone tablets from around the pyramids.
他还研究了在金字塔周围发现的古代石匾。
Oxford
tab·let★/ˈtæblət; NAmEˈtæblət/noun1★( especially BrE) a small round solid piece of medicine that you swallow 药片;片剂SYN
pill
◆vitamin tablets维生素片◆Take two tablets with water before meals.每次两片,饭前用水冲服。2an amount of another substance in a small round solid piece 丸◆water purification tablets净水丸3a flat piece of stone that has words written on it, especially one that has been fixed to a wall in memory of an important person or event (固定于墙上作纪念的)牌,碑,匾SYN
plaque
◆( figurative) We can be very flexible—our entry requirements are not set in tablets of stone(= they can be changed).我们可以非常灵活,加入条件并非铁板钉钉。4=
Tablet PC
5~ of soap( old-fashioned,formal) a piece of soap 一块肥皂6( NAmE) a number of pieces of paper for writing or drawing on, that are fastened together at one edge 便笺本;拍纸簿tablettabletstab·let/ˈtæblət; NAmEˈtæblət/
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tablettab‧let /ˈtæblɪt/ ●●●S3 noun [countable]
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1a small round hard piece of medicine which you swallowSYN 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 topSYN 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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