n.[C]

1. （古時以木、象牙等製成的）刻寫板，簡
   Ancient peoples used tablets to write on before paper was invented.

   古人在紙發明前用簡在上面寫字。

2. （銘刻文字的）匾；碑
   There is a tablet in memory of those who died.

   那兒有一塊碑紀念死去的人。

3. 便箋簿，拍紙簿
4. 小片，小塊
   two tablets of aspirin

   兩片阿斯匹靈

5. 藥片
   The doctor told me to take two tablets after every meal.

   醫生告訴我每頓飯後服兩片藥。

n.

1. a flat slab of stone, clay, or wood, used especially for an inscription.
   ▸Architecture  another term for table (in sense ³).
2. chiefly Brit. a pill.
3. Brit. a small flat piece of soap.
4. N. Amer. a writing pad.
5. a token giving authority for a train to proceed over a single-track line.