c. 1300, "slab or flat surface for an inscription" (especially the two Mosaic tables of stone), from Old French tablete "small table, merchant's display counter" (13c., Modern French tablette), diminutive of table "slab," or from Medieval Latin tabuleta (source also of Spanish tableta, Italian tavoletta), diminutive of Latin tabula (see table (n.)). The meaning "lozenge, pill" is first recorded 1580s; that of "pad of writing paper" in 1880.
双语例句
1. You can also take red ginseng in convenient tablet or capsule form.
你也可以选择便于服用的红参片或红参胶囊。
来自柯林斯例句
2. One tablet will purify a litre of water.
一丸即可净化一升水。
来自《权威词典》
3. The recommended dosage is one tablet every four hours.
规定剂量为每四小时服一片.
来自《简明英汉词典》
4. Take one tablet every four hours.
隔四小时服一片.
来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
5. A tablet commemorates his patriotic activities.