- (also Tablet PC™)
a small computer that is easy to carry, with a large touch screen and usually without a physical keyboard 平板电脑 
The company has launched its latest 10-inch tablet. 该公司推出了最新的10英寸平板电脑。 Consumers show a growing preference for tablets and smartphones over PCs and laptops. 消费者越来越喜欢平板电脑和智能手机，而不是个人电脑和笔记本电脑。
- (especially British English)
a small round solid piece of medicine that you swallow 药片；片剂 Take two tablets with water before meals. 每次两片，饭前用水冲服。 I took the tablets prescribed by my doctor. 我吃了医生开的药片。 The drug is now available in tablet and capsule form. 这种药现在有片剂和胶囊两种剂型。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- Ecstasy
- paracetamol
- sleeping
- …
- swallow
- take
- in tablet form
an amount of a substance in a small, round, solid piece 丸 water purification tablets 净水丸
a 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 The school has a memorial tablet engraved with the name of the founder. 学校有一块刻有创始人名字的牌位。 - (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。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- clay
- stone
- wax
- …
- tablet of soap (old-fashioned, formal)
a piece of soap 一块肥皂 - (North American English)
a number of pieces of paper for writing or drawing on, that are fastened together at one edge 便笺本；拍纸簿
Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French tablete, from a diminutive of Latin tabula ‘plank, tablet, list’.