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bolus

/boh-luhs/US // ˈboʊ ləs //UK // (ˈbəʊləs) //

药丸,药片,栓子,长枕头

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural bo·lus·es.

    • : Pharmacology, Veterinary Medicine. a round mass of medicinal material, larger than an ordinary pill. Abbreviation: bol.
    • : a soft, roundish mass or lump, especially of chewed food.
    • : bole.

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Examples

  • Some of the brain waves these organoids produced are reminiscent of a brain having a seizure, in which a bolus of electrical activity scrambles normal brain business.

  • But whatever $54 million antibiotic the bolus of cash might produce will itself become useless after a year or a decade.

  • Experience is the grand spiritual Doctor; and with him Teufelsdrockh has now been long a patient, swallowing many a bitter bolus.

  • Nor shall I tarry at the palace for the physician, but go straight on without bolus, simples or pills, a very Mercury for speed.

  • Ordered a bolus with rhubarb and calomel, to be taken in the morning, and ℥ii.

  • Nature, tenderest of leeches,—no bolus of hers is pleasanter medicament than her ruddy strawberries.

  • As she had often done in her late illness, Zenobia opened her mouth at the word of command, and swallowed the infernal bolus.