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med·i·cine /ˈmedɪsɪn/ n. | vt. | phr.
I n.
1. 药，药物，药剂(尤指内服药)
take medicine 服药
have a dose of medicine after each meal 每顿饭后服用一剂
a cupboard full of different medicines 装满各种药品的橱
2. 〈喻〉药
Work is good medicine for grief. 工作是医治悲痛的良药。
3. 医学；医术
advances in the field of medicine 医学方面的进步
practise medicine 行医
4. 内科(学)
He has studied both medicine and surgery. 他既学过内科，也学过外科。
5. 医务工作
He's in medicine. 他是从事医务工作的。
6. (原始民族信奉的)驱病符咒，驱病咒文；物神；巫术；魔力
7. ＝ medicine man
8. 〈废〉毒品；春药；毒药
9. 〈美俚〉情报
II vt.
给…服药；用药物治疗
[OFr < L medicīna (ars) (art of) healing < medicus physician < medērī to heal] phr. get a dose(或 taste) of one's own medicine 自食苦果，受到报应 give sb. a dose (或 taste) of his own medicine 以某人治人之道还治某人之身 take one's medicine 接受应得的惩罚；忍受不愉快的事；接受教训 |