pill

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pill1 /pɪl/ S3 noun

[countableC]MH a small solid piece of medicine that you swallow whole 药丸，药片

He has to take pills to control his blood pressure.

他必须服药控制血压。

sleeping pills

安眠药

a bottle of vitamin pills

一瓶维生素片

2 the Pill/the pill SYMIa pill taken regularly by some women in order to prevent them having babies 〔女用〕口服避孕药

on the Pill

My doctor advised me to go on the pill (=start taking it regularly).

我的医生建议我口服避孕药。

Examples from the Corpus

on the Pill• Many men simply assume that women are on the Pill and don't even bother to ask.• But everybody else is on the Pill.• They're usually on the Pill before they have abortions.• I was on the pill at the time, but I deliberately left it off because I wanted some one to love.• Also my auntie went on the Pill and she became infertile.• She came with me when I first went on the Pill.• Of those that were, one was using a sheath, and the others were on the Pill.• That for women on the Pill, that bleed is not necessary.

3. sugar/sweeten the pill NICEto do something to make an unpleasant job or situation less unpleasant for the person who has to accept it 给药丸加糖衣，把苦差事变得更容易接受

Examples from the Corpus

sugar/sweeten the pill• They tried to sweeten the pill. b. They tried to sugar the medicine. 34a.• To sweeten the pill, the government will try to boost the flagging economy in various ways.

4 be a pill American EnglishAmE informalANNOY if someone, especially a child, is a pill, they are annoying 是令人讨厌的人〔尤指小孩〕

Luke can be a real pill sometimes.

卢克有时候真是个讨厌鬼。

Examples from the Corpus

be a pill• What investors in drug firms really need is a pill to calm their nerves.• These may either be addictive themselves or may reinforce the view that there is a pill for every ill.• There are pills, one for every morning which you take each morning on the way to work.

→ a bitter pill (to swallow) at bitter1(7), → morning-after pill

n COLLOCATIONS

verbs

take a pill (=use it by swallowing it)

Have you taken your pills?

swallow a pill

He swallowed a handful of pills.

pop a pill informal (=take one too easily, without thinking about it seriously)

Some people just pop a pill to get a good night's sleep.

a doctor prescribes pills (=tells someone to take them)

Her doctor just prescribed more pills and told her to take it easy.

NOUN + pill

a sleeping pill

I took a sleeping pill and tried to go back to sleep.

malaria pills (=pills that prevent malaria)

vitamin pills

diet pills (=pills that are said to help you become thinner)

Examples from the Corpus

pill• Do not accept pills or medicines from anyone but your own doctor or the doctor at the clinic.• There are several kinds of contraceptive pills available, and they act in slightly different ways.• I took a couple of pills for my stuffy nose.• The therapy requires dozens of pills a day and to stop even for a short time allows the virus to rebound.• Hannah's being a real pill today.• Not only do sleeping pills impair the function of sleep, they also affect the way you feel the next day.• sleeping pills• Taking pills or powders for headaches and stomach upsets is only adding to your system's toxicity.• Healers who use their hands rather than pills and potions are still treated with scepticism.• Council officials had said earlier the pill would be on the market by mid-1997.

take pills• I thought if I do the exercises and take pills and special herbs I will abort the baby, but nothing worked.• A Healthier Prescription Not all physicians who treat fat people encourage them to diet, take pills, or have surgery.• He took pills to get to sleep.• Pretty soon you get patients who are no longer taking pills.• Or do you go through a rigmarole of inserting diaphragms or taking pills?• She don't sleep too well, and she gets bad dreams even though she takes pills and that to help her sleep.• They take pills, they cut their wrists, they stick a pistol in their mouth.• She's sleeping much better now, and she don't have to take pills no more.

pill2 verb [intransitiveI] American EnglishAmE

if a piece of clothing pills, especially a sweater, it forms little balls on the surface of the cloth after it has been worn or washed 〔衣物〕起球，结绒

Origin pill

(1400-1500) Latin pilula, from pila “ball”

单词	pill
释义	pill Word family nounpillingpillboxpillheadpillwormpillwortpillagepillpillager Related topics: Hospital pill1 /pɪl/ ●●● S3 noun 1 [countableC]MH a small solid piece of medicine that you swallow whole 药丸，药片 He has to take pills to control his blood pressure. 他必须服药控制血压。 sleeping pills 安眠药 a bottle of vitamin pills 一瓶维生素片 2 the Pill/the pill SYMIa pill taken regularly by some women in order to prevent them having babies 〔女用〕口服避孕药 on the Pill My doctor advised me to go on the pill (=start taking it regularly). 我的医生建议我口服避孕药。 Examples from the Corpus on the Pill• Many men simply assume that women are on the Pill and don't even bother to ask.• But everybody else is on the Pill.• They're usually on the Pill before they have abortions.• I was on the pill at the time, but I deliberately left it off because I wanted some one to love.• Also my auntie went on the Pill and she became infertile.• She came with me when I first went on the Pill.• Of those that were, one was using a sheath, and the others were on the Pill.• That for women on the Pill, that bleed is not necessary. 3. sugar/sweeten the pill NICEto do something to make an unpleasant job or situation less unpleasant for the person who has to accept it 给药丸加糖衣，把苦差事变得更容易接受 Examples from the Corpus sugar/sweeten the pill• They tried to sweeten the pill. b. They tried to sugar the medicine. 34a.• To sweeten the pill, the government will try to boost the flagging economy in various ways. 4 be a pill American EnglishAmE informalANNOY if someone, especially a child, is a pill, they are annoying 是令人讨厌的人〔尤指小孩〕 Luke can be a real pill sometimes. 卢克有时候真是个讨厌鬼。 Examples from the Corpus be a pill• What investors in drug firms really need is a pill to calm their nerves.• These may either be addictive themselves or may reinforce the view that there is a pill for every ill.• There are pills, one for every morning which you take each morning on the way to work. → a bitter pill (to swallow) at bitter1(7), → morning-after pill n COLLOCATIONS verbs take a pill (=use it by swallowing it) Have you taken your pills? swallow a pill He swallowed a handful of pills. pop a pill informal (=take one too easily, without thinking about it seriously) Some people just pop a pill to get a good night's sleep. a doctor prescribes pills (=tells someone to take them) Her doctor just prescribed more pills and told her to take it easy. NOUN + pill a sleeping pill I took a sleeping pill and tried to go back to sleep. malaria pills (=pills that prevent malaria) vitamin pills diet pills (=pills that are said to help you become thinner) Examples from the Corpus pill• Do not accept pills or medicines from anyone but your own doctor or the doctor at the clinic.• There are several kinds of contraceptive pills available, and they act in slightly different ways.• I took a couple of pills for my stuffy nose.• The therapy requires dozens of pills a day and to stop even for a short time allows the virus to rebound.• Hannah's being a real pill today.• Not only do sleeping pills impair the function of sleep, they also affect the way you feel the next day.• sleeping pills• Taking pills or powders for headaches and stomach upsets is only adding to your system's toxicity.• Healers who use their hands rather than pills and potions are still treated with scepticism.• Council officials had said earlier the pill would be on the market by mid-1997. take pills• I thought if I do the exercises and take pills and special herbs I will abort the baby, but nothing worked.• A Healthier Prescription Not all physicians who treat fat people encourage them to diet, take pills, or have surgery.• He took pills to get to sleep.• Pretty soon you get patients who are no longer taking pills.• Or do you go through a rigmarole of inserting diaphragms or taking pills?• She don't sleep too well, and she gets bad dreams even though she takes pills and that to help her sleep.• They take pills, they cut their wrists, they stick a pistol in their mouth.• She's sleeping much better now, and she don't have to take pills no more. pill2 verb [intransitiveI] American EnglishAmE if a piece of clothing pills, especially a sweater, it forms little balls on the surface of the cloth after it has been worn or washed 〔衣物〕起球，结绒 Origin pill (1400-1500) Latin pilula, from pila “ball”
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