cap·sule
noun/ˈkæpsjuːl/
/ˈkæpsl/, /ˈkæpsuːl/
- a small container that has a measured amount of a medicine inside and that dissolves (= becomes part of a liquid) when you swallow it (= make it go down your throat into your stomach)
（装有药物的）胶囊 - The medicine can be taken in tablet or capsule form.
该药物可以片剂或胶囊形式服用。 - Take two 30ml capsules a day.
每天服用两粒 30 毫升胶囊。
WordfinderTopics Healthcarec1- administer
- capsule
- dispense
- dose
- ill
- inhaler
- medicine
- medication
- pharmacy
- placebo
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- gelatin
- cyanide
- fish oil
- …
- swallow
- take
- contain something
- The medicine can be taken in tablet or capsule form.
- a small plastic container with a substance or liquid inside
（装物品或液体的）小塑料容器 - To avoid capture, he swallowed a cyanide capsule.
为了不当俘虏，他吞下了一粒氰化物胶囊。 - capsules containing a poisonous drug
含有毒药的胶囊
- To avoid capture, he swallowed a cyanide capsule.
- (also space capsule)the part of a spacecraft in which people travel and that often separates from the main rocket
航天舱；太空舱 - the cramped conditions of a space capsule
太空舱的狭窄环境
- the cramped conditions of a space capsule
- (specialist) a shell or container for seeds or eggs in some plants and animals
（植物的）蒴果，孢蒴；（动物的）芽囊，被膜 see also time capsule
Word Originlate Middle English (in the general sense ‘small container’): via French from Latin capsula, diminutive of capsa related to capere ‘to hold’.