an amount of a medicine or a drug that is taken once, or regularly over a period of time （藥的）一劑，一服 a high/low/lethal dose 大／小／致死劑量 Repeat the dose after 12 hours if necessary. 如果需要，12 小時後再服一劑。 Take a single dose at bedtime to help you sleep. 睡前服一劑，有助於睡眠。 I always take my daily dose of vitamin C. 我總是每天服用維生素C。
Extra ExamplesTopics Social issuesc1The nurse will administer the correct dose. 護士會按正確的劑量給藥。 a strong dose of painkillers 大劑量止痛藥 patients who receive high doses of this drug 接受高劑量的這種藥的病人
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- high
- large
- massive
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- get
- receive
- take
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- (informal)
an amount of something 一份；一次；一點 A dose of flu kept me off work. 一場感冒使得我上不了班。 Workers at the nuclear plant were exposed to high doses of radiation. 核電站的工作人員受到大量輻射。 I can cope with her in small doses (= for short amounts of time). 我只能跟她應付片刻。 The film also contains a hefty dose of comedy. 這部電影還包含了大量的喜劇成分。
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 迅速輕易地；一下子 He got through the housework like a dose of salts. 他輕鬆地做完了家務。
a taste/dose of your own medicine