took an overdose• Just before Christmas he took an overdose of pills.• When she refused he took an overdose of his barbiturate tablets in front of her.• The patient described here took an overdose not long after her marriage somewhat unexpectedly came to an end.• The 37-year-old took an overdose of painkillers and lay in sub-zero conditions with just a sleeping bag.• At the age of 20 she took an overdose when she thought a boyfriend was about to desert her.• She mentioned the dashingdon in a note found in the room where she took an overdose of pain-killers.• In despair, I unsuccessfully took an overdose.
(abbreviation OD) to take too much of a drug at one time, so that it harms you or kills you 〔一次性〕用药过量,服药过量
overdose on
She overdosed on sleeping pills.
她服用了过量的安眠药。
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overdose• Some one who thinks he is taking the herbalproduct but is instead using the illegalEcstasy could overdose, Green said.• People who overdose in a suicidalattempt may take one or several drugs but generally ingest at most one pack of each.• Be careful, however, not to overdose on blue.• Right now, he was overdosing on both.• Texasbanned the sale of ephedrine to minors after ten teenagers were taken to emergency rooms after overdosing on the drug.