overdose
柯林斯词典
1. N-COUNT If someone takes an overdose of a drug, they take more of it than is safe. (用药) 过量
Each year, one in 100 girls ages 15-19 takes an overdose. 每年,100个15至19岁的女孩中就有1个用药过量。
2. V-I If someone overdoses on a drug, they take more of it than is safe. 过量服用
He'd overdosed on heroin. 他过量吸食了海洛因。
3. N-COUNT You can refer to too much of something, especially something harmful, as an overdose. 太多的 (有害) 物质
An overdose of sun, sea, sand and chlorine can give lighter hair a green tinge. 过多的阳光、海水、沙和氯会给更浅色的头发带来点绿色。
4. V-I You can say that someone overdoses on something if they have or do too much of it. 过度拥有; 过度从事
The city, he concluded, had overdosed on design. 他下结论说,这座城市进行了过度的设计。
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overdose /ˈəʊvəˌdəʊs/ (overdosing,overdosed,overdoses)
剑桥词典
- (informal OD)
too much of a drug taken or given at one time , either intentionally or by accident
(一次用药的)过量,超剂量
When he was 17 he took an overdose of sleeping pills and nearly died . 他17岁时吃了过量的安眠药,险些丧命。
Jimi Hendrix died of a drug overdose. 杰米‧亨德里克斯死于吸毒过量。
UK also a drugs overdose 摄入过量药物
humorous
too much of something
过量,太多
After watching two operas , I was suffering from an overdose of culture . 看了两场歌剧之后,我现在处于文化过量状态。 返回 overdose