tablet

noun

/ˈtæblət/

(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。
Topics Computersa2
(especially British English) a small round solid piece of medicine that you swallow药片；片剂 synonym pill
- 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。
Topics Social issuesb1
Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- Ecstasy
- paracetamol
- sleeping
- …
verb + tablet
- swallow
- take
phrases
- 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 synonym plaque
- 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。
Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- 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 see also graphics tablet

词源Middle English: from Old French tablete, from a diminutive of Latin tabula ‘plank, tablet, list’.

词汇	tablet
释义	tablet noun /ˈtæblət/ /ˈtæblət/ (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。 Topics Computersa2 (especially British English) a small round solid piece of medicine that you swallow药片；片剂 synonym pill 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。 Topics Social issuesb1 Collocations Dictionaryadjective Ecstasy paracetamol sleeping … verb + tablet swallow take phrases 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 synonym plaque 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。 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 see also graphics tablet 词源Middle English: from Old French tablete, from a diminutive of Latin tabula ‘plank, tablet, list’.
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