pill

名词 pill:

1. something that resembles a tablet of medicine in shape or size
2. a dose of medicine in the form of a small pellet
   同义词：lozenge, tablet, tab
3. a unpleasant or tiresome person
4. something unpleasant or offensive that must be tolerated or endured
5. a contraceptive in the form of a pill containing estrogen and progestin to inhibit ovulation and so prevent conception
   同义词：birth control pill, contraceptive pill, oral contraceptive pill, oral contraceptive, anovulatory drug, anovulant

1. This pill will help to settle your nerves.
   你吃了这片药神经就不那麽紧张了。
2. Defeat in the election was a bitter pill for him to swallow.
   在选举中失败是他难以下咽的苦果。
3. The defeat was a bitter pill to swallow.
   那次失败是一次难以吞咽的苦果。
4. He washed down a pill with water.
   他用开水吞服药丸。
5. The pill is sugared.
   这药丸加上了糖衣。
6. His mother told him to have a vitamin pill before leaving.
   他妈妈让他在走之前吃一颗维生素药丸。
7. Occasionally she had to take sleeping pills.
   她偶尔不得不吃安眠药。

pill

n.（名词）
A small pellet or tablet of medicine, often coated, taken by swallowing whole or by chewing.
药片，药丸：一小丸或一小片药，通常有糖衣，以整个吞下或咀嚼的方式服用
Informal An oral contraceptive. Used withthe.
【非正式用语】 口服避孕药，与the 一起连用
Slang Something, such as a baseball, that resembles a pellet of medicine.
【俚语】 丸状物，小球：象药丸一样的东西，如棒球
Something both distasteful and necessary.
无法逃避的讨厌事，屈辱事：令人讨厌但必须的事物
Slang An insipid or ill-natured person.
【俚语】 讨厌的家伙：令人乏味且脾气坏的人
v.（动词）
pilled,pil.ling,pills
v.tr.（及物动词）
To dose with pills.
服用药丸
To make into pills.
把…制成药丸
Slang To blackball.
【俚语】 投票反对
v.intr.（不及物动词）
To form small balls resembling pills:
起球粒，成丸状：形成象药丸一样的小球：
例句：
a sweater that pills.
起球的毛衣

来源：
Middle English pille
中古英语 pille
from Middle Dutch or Middle Low German pille
源自 中古荷兰语与中古低地德语 pille
Old French pile
古法语 pile
all from Latin pilula [diminutive of] pila [ball]
都源自 拉丁语 pilula [] pila的小后缀 [球]

pill
pill 2

v.（动词）
pilled,pil.ling,pills
v.intr.Chiefly British （不及物动词）【多用于英国】
To come off, as in flakes or scales.
阶段性完成：完成，如一片片或一层层地
v.tr.Archaic （及物动词）【古语】
To subject to extortion.
被抢劫，被掠夺：经历敲诈勒索

来源：
Middle English pillen [to plunder, peel]
中古英语 pillen [掠夺，剥去…的皮]
from Old English pilian * see peel
源自 古英语 pilian *参见 peel
and from Old French piller [to plunder] * see pillage
并源自 古法语 piller [掠夺，抢劫] *参见 pillage