overdose

noun
🔊/ˈəʊvədəʊs/
🔊/ˈəʊvərdəʊs/
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  1. too much of a drug taken at one time, so that it is dangerous(一次用药)过量;剂量过大
    • a drug/drugs overdose药物剂量过大
    • She took a massive overdose of sleeping pills.她服用了过量的安眠药。🔊🔊
    Topics Social issuesc1
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • massive
    • drug
    • drugs
    verb + overdose
    • take
    • die from
    • die of
    preposition
    • overdose of
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overdose

verb
🔊/ˈəʊvədəʊs/
🔊/ˈəʊvərdəʊs/
(also informal OD)
[intransitive]
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they overdose
🔊/ˈəʊvədəʊs/
🔊/ˈəʊvərdəʊs/
he / she / it overdoses
🔊/ˈəʊvədəʊsɪz/
🔊/ˈəʊvərdəʊsɪz/
past simple overdosed
🔊/ˈəʊvədəʊst/
🔊/ˈəʊvərdəʊst/
past participle overdosed
🔊/ˈəʊvədəʊst/
🔊/ˈəʊvərdəʊst/
-ing form overdosing
🔊/ˈəʊvədəʊsɪŋ/
🔊/ˈəʊvərdəʊsɪŋ/
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  1. overdose (on something) to take too much of a drug at one time, so that it is dangerous一次用药过量
    • He had overdosed on heroin.他过量服用了海洛因。🔊🔊
    • (figurative) I had overdosed on sun.我晒太阳的时间过长了。🔊🔊
    Topics Social issuesc1, Illnessc1