injectable

IPA/ɪnˈdʒek.tə.bəl/
KK[ˌɪndʒˈɛktəbəl]IPA/ɪnˈdʒek.tə.bəl/

injectable — 形容詞

  • injectablepositive
  • more injectablecomparative
  • most injectablesuperlative

1. made for delivery through a needle instead of being swallowed or rubbed onto the

1.形容詞B2
釋義

可注射的

需用針頭打入體內的

made for delivery through a needle instead of being swallowed or rubbed onto the skin

例句

The clinic switched to an injectable antibiotic when Mei could not keep tablets down.

當 Mei 連藥片都吞不下去時,診所改用了可注射的抗生素。

injectable + medicine; contrast with tablets

Doctors gave Karim an injectable painkiller before setting the broken wrist.

醫師在替 Karim 固定斷掉的手腕前,先給了他可注射的止痛藥。

give + person + injectable + drug

常見搭配
  • injectable antibiotic
  • injectable drug
  • injectable form
  • injectable insulin
  • injectable treatment
  • injectable vaccine
同義詞
  • parenteral

    formal medical term for medicine given by injection or infusion rather than through the mouth

  • intravenous

    narrower because it specifically means going into a vein

  • intramuscular

    narrower because it specifically means injected into a muscle

反義詞
  • oral

    taken by mouth instead of given with a needle

  • topical

    put on the skin rather than injected into the body

文法句型

injectable + medicine/drug/treatment

be + injectable

available in injectable form

用法筆記

Usually modifies a medicine or treatment noun such as vaccine, insulin, or antibiotic. It contrasts with oral or topical forms and does not itself say whether the medicine goes into a vein, a muscle, or under the skin.

常見錯誤

This cream is injectable, so rub it on twice a day.
This cream is topical, so rub it on twice a day.
'injectable' describes medicine given by needle, not medicine spread on the skin.
The child swallowed the injectable medicine after breakfast.
The child took the oral medicine after breakfast.
'injectable' is used for medicine given by needle, not swallowed.

injectable — 名詞

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常見搭配

常用片語

  • injectable form
  • long-acting injectable
  • once-monthly injectable