名詞 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
   同義詞：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
   同義詞：birth control pill, contraceptive pill, oral contraceptive pill, oral contraceptive, anovulatory drug, anovulant

1. This pill will help to settle your nerves.
   你吃了這片藥神經(jīng)就不那麼緊張了。
2. Defeat in the election was a bitter pill for him to swallow.
   在選舉中失敗是他難以下咽的苦果。
3. The defeat was a bitter pill to swallow.
   那次失敗是一次難以吞咽的苦果。
4. He washed down a pill with water.
   他用開水吞服藥丸。
5. The pill is sugared.
   這藥丸加上了糖衣。
6. His mother told him to have a vitamin pill before leaving.
   他媽媽讓他在走之前吃一顆維生素藥丸。
7. Occasionally she had to take sleeping pills.
   她偶爾不得不吃安眠藥。

pill

n.（名詞）
A small pellet or tablet of medicine, often coated, taken by swallowing whole or by chewing.
藥片，藥丸：一小丸或一小片藥，通常有糖衣，以整個吞下或咀嚼的方式服用
Informal An oral contraceptive. Used withthe.
【非正式用語】 口服避孕藥，與the 一起連用
Slang Something, such as a baseball, that resembles a pellet of medicine.
【俚語】 丸狀物，小球：象藥丸一樣的東西，如棒球
Something both distasteful and necessary.
無法逃避的討厭事，屈辱事：令人討厭但必須的事物
Slang An insipid or ill-natured person.
【俚語】 討厭的家伙：令人乏味且脾氣壞的人
v.（動詞）
pilled,pil.ling,pills
v.tr.（及物動詞）
To dose with pills.
服用藥丸
To make into pills.
把…制成藥丸
Slang To blackball.
【俚語】 投票反對
v.intr.（不及物動詞）
To form small balls resembling pills:
起球粒，成丸狀：形成象藥丸一樣的小球：
例句：
a sweater that pills.
起球的毛衣

來源：
Middle English pille
中古英語 pille
from Middle Dutch or Middle Low German pille
源自 中古荷蘭語與中古低地德語 pille
Old French pile
古法語 pile
all from Latin pilula [diminutive of] pila [ball]
都源自 拉丁語 pilula [] pila的小后綴 [球]

pill
pill 2

v.（動詞）
pilled,pil.ling,pills
v.intr.Chiefly British （不及物動詞）【多用于英國】
To come off, as in flakes or scales.
階段性完成：完成，如一片片或一層層地
v.tr.Archaic （及物動詞）【古語】
To subject to extortion.
被搶劫，被掠奪：經(jīng)歷敲詐勒索

來源：
Middle English pillen [to plunder, peel]
中古英語 pillen [掠奪，剝?nèi)ァ钠
from Old English pilian * see peel
源自 古英語 pilian *參見 peel
and from Old French piller [to plunder] * see pillage
并源自 古法語 piller [掠奪，搶劫] *參見 pillage