aspirin
noun [uncountable, countable](plural aspirin, aspirins)
a drug used to reduce pain, high temperature and inflammation 阿司匹林(镇痛解热消炎药) Extra ExamplesTopics Social issuesb2Never give aspirin to a child under twelve. 千万不要给 12 岁以下的儿童服用阿司匹林。 She took an aspirin and went to bed. 她服了一片阿司匹林就上床睡觉了。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- soluble
- low-dose
- baby
- …
- dose
- take
- give somebody
- dissolve
- …
Word Originlate 19th cent.: from German, from acetylierte Spirsäure ‘acetylated salicylic acid’ (the element Spir- being from the plant genus name Spiraea).