单词 | dose |
释义 | dose (dōs) n. 1. a. A specified quantity of a therapeutic agent, such as medicine, prescribed to be taken at one time or at stated intervals. b. The amount of radiation administered as therapy to a given site. 2. An ingredient added, especially to wine, to impart flavor or strength. 3. An amount, especially of something unpleasant, to which one is subjected: a dose of hard luck. 4. Slang A venereal infection. tr.v. dosed, dos·ing, dos·es 1. To give (someone) a dose, as of medicine. 2. To give or prescribe (medicine) in specified amounts. [French, from Late Latin dosis, from Greek, something given, from didonai, to give; see dō- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.] doser n. |
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