aspirin
aspirin — 名詞
1. a small white tablet, sold without a prescription, that people swallow to ease a
阿斯匹靈
止痛、退燒、消炎的常見藥
a small white tablet, sold without a prescription, that people swallow to ease aches like headaches, bring down a high temperature, and calm the redness or soreness caused by an injury.
Rohan swallowed two aspirin with a glass of water to stop his headache.
Rohan 配著一杯水吞了兩顆阿斯匹靈，來止住他的頭痛。
take + number + aspirin for treating a headache
The nurse gave Mr. Chen an aspirin when his fever climbed above 39 degrees.
陳先生發燒超過攝氏 39 度時，護士給了他一顆阿斯匹靈。
an aspirin (countable: one tablet) for fever
Doctors often tell heart patients to take a small dose of aspirin every morning.
醫生常會請心臟病患者每天早上服用低劑量的阿斯匹靈。
After the football match, Daniel rubbed his sore knee and reached for the aspirin.
踢完那場足球賽後，Daniel 一邊揉著痠痛的膝蓋，一邊伸手去拿阿斯匹靈。
Grandpa Wei keeps aspirin in the kitchen drawer to ease his back pain after gardening.
魏爺爺在廚房抽屜裡備著阿斯匹靈，用來緩解整理花園後的背痛。
- painkiller
general term covering aspirin, ibuprofen, paracetamol, etc.
- ibuprofen
a different drug with similar uses; not interchangeable in technical writing
- analgesic
formal medical term for any pain-relieving drug
文法句型
take + aspirin
an aspirin (single tablet)
用法筆記
Both countable and uncountable. Use 'an aspirin' or 'two aspirin(s)' when counting tablets; use 'aspirin' with no article when talking about the medicine in general (e.g. 'aspirin reduces fever').