overdose

noun

1. （一次用药）过量
   too much of a drug taken at one time
   1. a drug/drugs overdose
      药物剂量过大
   2. She took a massive overdose of sleeping pills.
      她服用了过量的安眠药。

verb

1. 一次用药过量
   to take too much of a drug at one time, so that it is dangerous
   1. He had overdosed on heroin.
      他过量服用了海洛因。
   2. I had overdosed on sun.
      我晒太阳的时间过长了。

1. N-COUNT （药物等的）过量；致死（或中毒）剂量
   If someone takes an overdose of a drug, they take more of it than is safe.
   1. Each year, one in 100 girls aged 15-19 takes an overdose...
      每年，每100名15至19岁的少女中就有1位嗑药过量。
   2. In 1970, guitarist Jimi Hendrix died of a drug overdose.
      1970年，吉他手吉米·亨德里克斯因服药过量而死亡。
2. VERB 过量服用（药物）；过量吸食（毒品）
   If someone overdoses on a drug, they take more of it than is safe.
   1. He'd overdosed on heroin...
      他曾过量吸食海洛因。
   2. Medical opinion varies on how many tablets it takes to overdose.
      医生对于服用多少药片算作过量意见不一。
3. N-COUNT （尤指有害物的）过量，过多
   You can refer to too much of something, especially something harmful, as an overdose.
   1. An overdose of sun, sea, sand and chlorine can give lighter hair a green tinge.
      过量接触阳光、海水、沙粒和氯气会使浅色头发略呈绿色。
4. VERB 过多拥有；沉溺
   You can say that someone overdoses on something if they have or do too much of it.
   1. The city, he concluded, had overdosed on design.
      他的结论是这座城市过分重视规划设计了。
   2. ...tourists that tend to overdose on the regional specialities of goose, duck and Armagnac.
      纵情享受鹅肉、鸭肉、阿马尼亚克酒等当地美食的游客

1. In 1970, guitarist Jimi Hendrix died of a drug overdose.
   1970年，吉他手吉米·亨德里克斯因服药过量而死亡。
2. He'd overdosed on heroin
   他曾过量吸食海洛因。
3. Medical opinion varies on how many tablets it takes to overdose.
   医生对于服用多少药片算作过量意见不一。
4. An overdose of sun, sea, sand and chlorine can give lighter hair a green tinge.
   过量接触阳光、海水、沙粒和氯气会使浅色头发略呈绿色。
5. The city, he concluded, had overdosed on design.
   他的结论是这座城市过分重视规划设计了。
6. Quick! John! It's Carmela. I think she's taken an overdose
   快来！约翰！卡梅拉出事了，我想她用药过量了。
7. Whatever happens, never take an overdose of this medicine.
   这种药千万不能服过量。
8. Marijuana cannot lead to a fatal overdose.
   过量使用大麻不会引起致命后果。
9. Hypotension may occur as a symptom of overdose with signs of apathy and ataxia.
   低血压可能发生，作为与冷漠和共济失调症状过量的迹象。
10. For this study, euthanasia was defined as a doctor giving an overdose of medication, usually by lethal injection, to purposely end a patient's life.
    这项研究中，安乐死的定义为：一个医生给了过量的药物（通常是通过注射致死），故意结束病人的生命。
11. He died of an overdose of morphine.
    他死于服用过量吗啡。
12. If overdose is suspected, contact your local poison control center or emergency room immediately.
    如疑有药物过量，请即与当地中毒控制中心或急诊室联系。
13. The girl was unconscious from an overdose of heroin.
    这女孩因服用过量海洛因而不省人事。
14. He died from a heroin overdose.
    他因过量使用海洛因而致死。
15. He asphyxiated on his own vomit after taking an overdose of sleeping pills.
    在过量服用安眠药后，他被自己的呕吐物窒息死。
16. If I think someone may attempt to take an overdose, I will spend hours talking to them.
    如果我认为有人可能企图吞服过量的药物，我就会花几个钟头和他们谈话。
17. After the ingestion of an overdose there is some danger of dehydration and electrolyte depletion due to excessive diuresis.
    后，摄入过量是有一定的危险性脱水及电解质耗竭因过度利尿。
18. Seeing his friend die of an overdose cured him of his interest in illegal drugs.
    肚看到朋友死于过量吸毒这件事消除了他对吸毒的兴趣。
19. Alice took an overdose after a row with her mother.
    艾丽斯和母亲吵嘴以后，服用了过量的药物。
20. She died after taking a massive overdose of drugs.
    她在吸食了大量过量毒品后死亡。
21. And you shouldn't need a specific vitamin D supplement, because it is possible to overdose.
    你不应该需要一个具体的维生素D的补充，因为它是有可能的过量。
22. Some cases of accidental overdose of methyl salicylate and camphor have been fatal.
    意外服药过量的甲基水杨酸和樟脑是致命的。
23. I think liz's main problem is an overdose of romantic fiction.
    我想利兹的主要问题是爱情小说看得太多了。
24. Fatal hyperphosphatemia after oral phosphate overdose in a premature infant.
    1例早产婴儿口服过量磷酸盐引起致命性高磷血症。
25. You'll overdose on sedatives acting like that.
    你演得就好像一个吃了很多镇定剂的家伙。
26. It is very similar to someone who receives an overdose from a shock treatment to the brain.
    这非常类似某人接受服药过量的大脑休克治疗法。
27. Fool. I told you not to overdose on it.
    傻瓜，告诉过你不要多用。
28. An overdose of this drug can kill.
    这种药服用过量可引起死亡。
29. Howard K.Stern and two doctors were charged with supplying prescribed pills to Smith before her fatal overdose in2007.
    霍华德和两名医生被被指控提供史密斯处方药，在2007年她药物过量致死之前。

verb

1. dose too heavily
   1. The rock star overdosed and was found dead in his hotel room

   Synonym:    o.d.