新东方-柯林斯雅思备考词典

overdose

英  [ˈəʊvədəʊs]
    

[NOUN, VERB]

    NOUN. 名词
  • overdoses

    1[C 可数名词] (用药)过量

    If someone takes an overdose of a drug, they take more of it than is safe.

    双语例句

    例:

    Each year, one in 100 girls ages 15-19 takes an overdose.

    每年100个15到19岁的女孩中就有一个服药过量。

    2[C 可数名词] 太多的(有害)物质

    You can refer to too much of something, especially something harmful, as an overdose.

    双语例句

    例:

    An overdose of sun, sea, sand, and chlorine can give lighter hair a green tinge.

    过多地接触阳光、海水、砂石和氯气会使浅色头发略呈绿色。

    VERB. 动词
  • overdoses , overdosing , overdosed

    1[I 不及物动词] 过量服用

    If someone overdoses on a drug, they take more of it than is safe.

    双语例句

    例:

    He'd overdosed on heroin.

    他过量吸食了海洛因。

    2[I 不及物动词] 过度拥有 , 过度从事

    You can say that someone overdoses on something if they have or do too much of it.

    双语例句

    例:

    The city, he concluded, had overdosed on design.

    他下结论说,这座城市的设计太夸张了。