theophylline
theophylline — 名詞
1. a medicine for asthma that helps people breathe more easily by loosening the mus
茶鹼
用來治療氣喘的支氣管擴張藥物
a medicine for asthma that helps people breathe more easily by loosening the muscles around the tubes that carry air into the lungs.
Tariq takes a small theophylline tablet every evening because his asthma wakes him at night.
Tariq 每天傍晚都吃一顆小小的茶鹼錠劑，因為氣喘會在夜裡把他吵醒。
uncountable noun used before another noun: theophylline tablet
The doctor explained that theophylline helps the breathing tubes relax and open wider.
醫生解釋說，茶鹼能幫助呼吸道放鬆並變寬。
Nia's doctor added theophylline to her treatment when the first medicine did not help enough.
第一種藥的效果不夠時，Nia 的醫生在她的治療中加入了茶鹼。
add theophylline to a treatment
Anjali asked the nurse how much theophylline she should take after breakfast.
Anjali 問護理師，早餐後她應該服用多少茶鹼。
how much theophylline: uncountable, so no plural form
Folake's brother has asthma, so the family keeps a bottle of theophylline at home.
Folake 的哥哥有氣喘，所以全家人在家裡備著一瓶茶鹼。
用法筆記
Uncountable noun: say 'some theophylline' or 'a dose of theophylline', not 'a theophylline' or 'theophyllines'.