capsule
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++cap·sule /ˈkæpsjuːl $ -səl/ noun [countable] 1. 
MHa plastic container shaped like a very small tube with medicine inside that you swallow whole 〔药物〕胶囊 → tablet2. a small plastic container with a substance or liquid inside 〔装物或液体的〕小塑料容器3 TTSthe part of a spacecraft in which people live and work 〔航天器的〕密封舱，太空舱 a space capsule orbiting the Earth 沿地球轨道飞行的太空舱 → time capsule
MHa plastic container shaped like a very small tube with medicine inside that you swallow whole 〔药物〕胶囊 → tablet2. a small plastic container with a substance or liquid inside 〔装物或液体的〕小塑料容器3 TTSthe part of a spacecraft in which people live and work 〔航天器的〕密封舱，太空舱 a space capsule orbiting the Earth 沿地球轨道飞行的太空舱 → time capsuleExamples from the Corpus
capsule• For small early beets, sow small pots with 2-3 capsules and plant out seedling clusters unthinned.• An opportunistic dealer can make four capsules from one, although it clearly won't make people four times as happy.• Inside the airtight iron capsule, it was a different story.• The stay of Johnson and Boswell at Cawdor manse captures Johnson in a neat capsule.• One capsule of the good stuff can be split into several capsules and mixed with assorted cutting agents.• They took the capsules daily for six months.• Music greeted us when we walked through the old swinging doors, original doors that led to the Delaney time capsule.Origin capsule (1600-1700) French Latin capsula, from capsa; → CASE1cap·sule nounChineseSyllable
Corpus small plastic shaped like a very a container
capsule
cap‧sule /ˈkæpsjuːl $ -səl/
noun [countable]
1. a plastic container shaped like a very small tube with medicine inside that you swallow whole ⇨ tablet
2. a small plastic container with a substance or liquid inside
3. the part of a spacecraft in which people live and work:
a space capsule orbiting the Earth
⇨ time capsule
▪ medicine noun [uncountable and countable] a substance used for treating illness: Certain medicines should not be taken with alcohol. | Has he taken his medicine?
▪pill noun [countable] a small piece of medicine that you swallow: She managed to swallow the pill with a sip of water. | The doctor gave him some pills. | sleeping pills | diet pills | contraceptive pills
▪tablet noun [countable] especially British English a small piece of solid medicine: She's now on four tablets a day. | a five-day course of tablets | sleeping tablets | anti-malaria tablets
▪antibiotics/aspirin/codeine etc : The doctor put him on a course of antibiotics. | Why don’t you take some aspirin? | The tablets contain codeine, which is unsuitable for people with asthma.
▪capsule noun [countable] a small tube-shaped container with medicine inside that you swallow whole: a bottle of 500 capsules of vitamin C | I advised her to take four to six garlic capsules a day for the duration of the treatment.
▪caplet noun [countable] a small smooth pill that is slightly longer than it is wide - used especially on bottles and containers: In small type, the consumer is warned not to take more than one caplet per day.
▪eye/ear drops liquid medicine that you put into your eye or ear: Remember — if you 're using eye drops for your hay fever, leave your contact lenses out.
▪cream noun [uncountable and countable] especially British English (also lotion especially American English) a thick smooth substance containing medicine, that you put on your skin: an antibiotic cream | antiseptic cream | skin cream
▪drug noun [countable] a medicine or a substance for making medicines: a drug used to treat malaria | There are a wide range of different drugs on the market.
▪dosage noun [countable usually singular] the amount of medicine that you should take at one time: The dosage should be reduced to 0.5 mg. | It’s important to get the dosage right.
▪medication noun [uncountable and countable] medicine or drugs given to someone who is ill: He takes medication for his diabetes. | She’s on medication (=taking medication), having suffered from depression for a number of years.
cap‧sule /ˈkæpsjuːl $ -səl/
noun [countable]1. a plastic container shaped like a very small tube with medicine inside that you swallow whole ⇨ tablet
2. a small plastic container with a substance or liquid inside
3. the part of a spacecraft in which people live and work:
⇨ time capsule
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