n.[C]

1. （藥物等的）一劑，一服
   a dose of cod-liver oil

   一劑魚肝油

2. 【口】（尤指苦事的）一次，一番
   Failing the exam was a hard dose to swallow.

   考試不及格是一服難咽的苦藥。

3. 【物】（輻射等的）吸收劑量
4. 【俚】花柳病（尤指淋病）

vt.

1. （按劑量）給……服藥；（分劑）給（藥等）
   dose oneself with aspirin

   給自己服阿斯匹林

vi.

1. 服藥

n.

1. a quantity of a medicine or drug taken at one time.
   ▸an amount of ionizing radiation received or absorbed at one time.
2. informal a quantity of something necessary but unpleasant.
3. informal a venereal infection.

v.

1. administer a dose to.
2. adulterate or blend (a substance) with another.