1 an amount of medicine that you take at one time 一剂,一服(药物):
You should take a large dose of this cough medicine before going to bed.这咳嗽药睡前应多服一些。☞Look at overdose. 参看overdose。
2 an amount of sth, especially sth unpleasant 某数量的事物(尤指令人不快的):
a dose of the flu一场流感I can only stand him in small doses.我对他只能容忍一会儿。
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/dəʊs ||; dos/verb
[T] to give sb/yourself a medicine or drug 用药;给药:
She dosed herself with aspirin and went to work.她服了阿斯匹林,然后上班去。
dose/dos; dəʊs/n [C] 1 a measured amount of medicine〔药的〕一次服用量﹐一剂: high/low dose Start with a low dose. 一开始服用小剂量。+of an extra dose of painkillers 多加的一剂止痛药2 the amount of something that you experience at one time〔经历的〕一次﹐一回: I quite like Jamie in small doses (=in limited amounts but not often). 要是不常见面﹐我还是挺喜欢杰米的。