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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary

tablet ['tæblɪt]
  1. 1. noun [c] [医] 药片
  2. 2. noun [History] (for writing) 写字版
    a tablet of soap
    [BRIT] [frm] 一块肥皂

Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary

tablet [ˈtæblɪt]
  1. 1. n.[c] 碑,牌,匾
  2. 2. n.[c] 便条本,便笺簿 ,拍纸簿
  3. 3. n.[c] 小片,小块
  4. 4. n.[c] 药片锭剂

Collins English-English Dictionary

tablet ['tæblɪt]
  1. 1. n a medicinal formulation made of a compressed powdered substance containing an active drug and excipients
  2. 2. n a flattish cake of some substance, such as soap
  3. 3. n [Scot] a sweet made of butter, sugar, and condensed milk, usually shaped in a flat oblong block
  4. 4. n a slab of stone, wood, etc, esp one formerly used for inscriptions
  5. 5. n a thinner rigid sheet, as of bark, ivory, etc, used for similar purposes
  6. 6. n [often plural] a set or pair of these fastened together, as in a book
  7. 7. n a pad of writing paper
  8. 8. n [NZ] a token giving right of way to the driver of a train on a single line section
  9. 9. n [computing] an input device that allows the user to draw or write freehand to screen by means of stylus or digital pen
  10. 10. n [Etymology] C14: from Old French tablete a little table, from Latin tabula a board

Examples

The water made a quick solution of the tablet.
这个药片很快就被水溶解了。
I tried to crush up a salt tablet in a cup.
我试着在杯子里捣碎一盐片。
立一块碑纪念死者
put up a tablet (or erect a monument) in memory of the dead
由于风雨剥蚀,碑文已无法辨认。
Owing to the ravages of wind and rain, the inscription on the stone tablet is already undecipherable.
镌碑
engrave a stone tablet
内服药,每日三次,每次一片
an oral dose of 1 tablet, 3 times a day
年代久了,石碑上的字迹已经模糊了。
The inscriptions on the stone tablet have become blurred with the passage of time.
碑阴
the back of a stone tablet
篆额
inscribe seal characters at the top of a tablet

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