an amount of a medicine or a drug that is taken once, or regularly over a period of time （药的）一剂，一服 a high/low/lethal dose 大／小／致死剂量 Repeat the dose after 12 hours if necessary. 如果需要，12 小时后再服一剂。 Take a single dose at bedtime to help you sleep. 睡前服一剂，有助于睡眠。 I always take my daily dose of vitamin C. 我总是每天服用维生素C。
Extra ExamplesTopics Social issuesc1The nurse will administer the correct dose. 护士会按正确的剂量给药。 a strong dose of painkillers 大剂量止痛药 patients who receive high doses of this drug 接受高剂量的这种药的病人
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- high
- large
- massive
- …
- get
- receive
- take
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- (informal)
an amount of something 一份；一次；一点 A dose of flu kept me off work. 一场感冒使得我上不了班。 Workers at the nuclear plant were exposed to high doses of radiation. 核电站的工作人员受到大量辐射。 I can cope with her in small doses (= for short amounts of time). 我只能跟她应付片刻。 The film also contains a hefty dose of comedy. 这部电影还包含了大量的喜剧成分。
Word Originlate Middle English: from French, via late Latin from Greek dosis ‘gift’, from didonai ‘give’.
Idioms
like a dose of salts
- (British English, old-fashioned, informal)
very fast and easily 迅速轻易地；一下子 He got through the housework like a dose of salts. 他轻松地做完了家务。
a taste/dose of your own medicine