Word · CEFR B1 · Frequency #10471
aspirin
阿司匹林；乙酰水杨酸
a medicine used to relieve pain, fever, and inflammation; acetylsalicylic acid
- 1.
an analgesic drug, acetylsalicylic acid
- 2.
A tablet containing this substance.
阿司匹林药片；阿司匹林片；阿斯匹林；[化] 乙酰水杨酸; 阿司匹灵; 邻乙酸基苯甲酸
In use
I have a bad headache and need to take an aspirin.
She asked the pharmacist for some aspirin to relieve her fever.
Always keep aspirin in your first-aid kit for emergencies.
take aspirin
You should take aspirin for your headache.
你应该为头痛服用阿司匹林。
aspirin for [symptom]
Aspirin for fever is effective.
阿司匹林退热有效。
a tablet of aspirin
aspirin 作可数名词时表示药片。
He took a tablet of aspirin before bed.
他睡前吃了一片阿司匹林。
prescribe aspirin
The doctor prescribed aspirin for her arthritis.
医生为她的关节炎开了阿司匹林。
Common mistakes
I need to take two aspirin for my headache.I need to take two aspirins for my headache.
当‘aspirin’指药片时，它是可数名词，复数形式需要加‘-s’。汉语中‘阿司匹林’是不可数名词，学生容易忽略英语的复数变化。
I eat aspirin when I have a fever.I take aspirin when I have a fever.
英语中服药使用动词‘take’，而汉语‘吃’对应‘eat’通常用于食物。学生受母语影响可能误用‘eat’代替‘take’。
Connections
Collocations
- take aspirin
- 服用阿司匹林
- You should take aspirin for the headache.你应该服用阿司匹林来缓解头痛。
- aspirin tablet
- 阿司匹林药片
- She swallowed an aspirin tablet with water.她用水吞服了一片阿司匹林药片。
- low-dose aspirin
- 低剂量阿司匹林
- Doctors often recommend low-dose aspirin for older patients.医生常建议老年患者服用低剂量阿司匹林。
- aspirin therapy
- 阿司匹林疗法
- Aspirin therapy may reduce the risk of heart attack.阿司匹林疗法可能降低心脏病发作的风险。
Idioms & figurative uses
- take two aspirins and call me in the morning
- 敷衍病人的老套医嘱I told him I had a terrible headache, and he just said take two aspirins and call me in the morning.
Learner notes
Memory Tip
音似“阿司匹林”，头痛时吃一片，记住 aspirin 就是解热镇痛药。
Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：日常用药、药店、医疗咨询 该词为中性常用词，日常对话和正式医疗场合均适用，通常无需特别选择语体。
Pronunciation & Spelling
These words share the final spelling -rin with aspirin (/ˈæspərɪn/) and the unstressed ending /ərɪn/, but none is a true rhyme: aspirin has /æspərɪn/, while glycerin is /ˈɡlɪsərɪn/, tamarin is /ˈtæmərɪn/, and mandarin is /ˈmændərɪn/. Use the words to remember the spelling pattern, not the rhyme.
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.