n.[C]

1. （古时以木、象牙等制成的）刻写板，简
   Ancient peoples used tablets to write on before paper was invented.

   在纸发明之前，古人在简上面写字。

2. （铭刻文字的）匾；碑
   There is a tablet in memory of those who died.

   那儿有一块碑纪念死去的人。

3. 便笺簿，拍纸簿
4. 小片，小块
   two tablets of aspirin

   两片阿斯匹林

5. 药片
   The doctor told me to take two tablets after every meal.

   医生告诉我每顿饭后服两片药。

n.

1. a flat slab of stone, clay, or wood, used especially for an inscription.
   ▸Architecture  another term for table (in sense ³).
2. chiefly Brit. a pill.
3. Brit. a small flat piece of soap.
4. N. Amer. a writing pad.
5. a token giving authority for a train to proceed over a single-track line.