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剂形式服用。 Take two 30ml capsules a day. 每天服用两个30毫升胶囊。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- gelatin
- cyanide
- fish oil
- …
- swallow
- take
- contain something
a small plastic container with a substance or liquid inside （装物或装液体的）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
- (also space capsule)
the part of a spacecraft in which people travel and that often separates from the main rocket 太空舱；航天舱 the cramped conditions of a space capsule 太空舱狭窄的状况
- (specialist)
a shell or container for seeds or eggs in some plants and animals （植物的）蒴果，荚膜；（动物的）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’.