pill

英 [pɪl]

美 [pɪl]

n. 药丸; 药片; 口服避孕药; 讨厌的人; 讨厌鬼
v. 起球; 结绒

复数：pills　

Oxford 3000 / Collins.3 / BNC.4969 / COCA.3425

习惯用语

sugar/sweeten the pill

药里加糖；缓和情况；缓解苦感
to do sth that makes an unpleasant situation seem less unpleasant

a bitter pill (for sb) (to swallow)

noun

药丸；药片
a small flat round piece of medicine that you swallow without chewing it
1. a vitamin pill
  维生素片
口服避孕药
a pill that some women take to prevent them becoming pregnant
1. the contraceptive pill
  避孕药丸
2. to be/go on the pill
  在服用避孕药
讨厌的人；讨厌鬼
an annoying person

verb

N-COUNT 药丸；丸剂
Pillsare small solid round masses of medicine or vitamins that you swallow without chewing.
1. Why do I have to take all these pills?
  我为什么非得服下所有这些药丸呢？
2. ...sleeping pills.
  安眠药
N-SING （女用）口服避孕药
If a woman ison the pill, she takes a special pill that prevents her from becoming pregnant.
1. She had been on the pill for three years.
  她吃口服避孕药已有3年。
2. ...the contraceptive pill.
  避孕药丸
PHRASE 不得不承受的苦事；不得不接受的现实
If a person or group has to accept a failure or an unpleasant piece of news, you can say that it wasa bitter pillora bitter pill to swallow.
1. You're too old to be given a job. That's a bitter pill to swallow.
  你年龄太大了，没人愿意再给工作，这是你不得不接受的现实。
PHRASE 把苦药包上糖衣；使不愉快的事变得较易接受
If someone does something tosweeten the pillorsugar the pill, they do it to make some unpleasant news or an unpleasant measure more acceptable.
1. He sweetened the pill by increasing wages, although by slightly less than he raised prices.
  他提高了工资以使人们更易接受，尽管涨幅略低于他的价格升幅。

noun

a dose of medicine in the form of a small pellet
Synonym:lozengetablettab
something that resembles a tablet of medicine in shape or size
a contraceptive in the form of a pill containing estrogen and progestin to inhibit ovulation and so prevent conception
Synonym:birth control pillcontraceptive pilloral contraceptive pilloral contraceptiveanovulatory druganovulant
something unpleasant or offensive that must be tolerated or endured
1. his competitor's success was a bitter pill to take
a unpleasant or tiresome person

I took a sleeping pill and soon came over drowsy.
我吃了一片安眠药，很快就昏昏欲睡了。
The pill is the most efficient method of birth control.
服用避孕药是最有效的避孕方法。
There are two types of contraceptive pill available and these are described overleaf.
现有两种避孕药物，说明请见背面。
She had been on the pill for three years.
她吃口服避孕药已有3年。
It was at that time she started taking the contraceptive pill.
她就是从那个时候开始服用避孕药的。
He paid the pill by cashing in some bonds.
他把一些证券兑换成现金付账。
The pill itself has changed a lot since it first came onto the market
该药片本身自首次进入市场以来已经有了很大改变。
One pill will deaden the ache.
一片药就可止痛。
Take a pill every three hours.
每隔三小时吃一粒药。
This pill is to be sucked, not swallowed.
此丸宜含服。