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。 
 
- The company has launched its latest 10-inch tablet.
- (especially British English) a small round solid piece of medicine that you swallow药片;片剂 - 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。 
 Collocations Dictionaryadjective- Ecstasy
- paracetamol
- sleeping
- …
 - swallow
- take
 - in tablet form
 
- Take two tablets with water before meals.
- an amount of a substance in a small, round, solid piece丸 - water purification tablets净水丸 
 
- water purification tablets
- 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 - 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
- …
 
- The school has a memorial tablet engraved with the name of the founder.
- 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 
词源Middle English: from Old French tablete, from a diminutive of Latin tabula ‘plank, tablet, list’.

