单词 | dose |
释义 | dose —doser, n. /dohs/, n. , v. , dosed, dosing. n. 1. a quantity of medicine prescribed to be taken at one time. 2. a substance, situation, or quantity of anything analogous to medicine, esp. of something disagreeable: Failing the exam was a hard dose to swallow. 3. an amount of sugar added in the production of champagne. 4. Physics. a. Also called absorbed dose. the quantity of ionizing radiation absorbed by a unit mass of matter, esp. living tissue: measured in gray or rad. b. See exposure dose. 5. Slang. a case of gonorrhea or syphilis. v.t. 6. to administer in or apportion for doses. 7. to give a dose of medicine to. 8. to add sugar to (champagne) during production. v.i. 9. to take a dose of medicine. [1590-1600; earlier dos < LL dosis < Gk dósis a giving] |
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