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pillpIlna small solid piece of medicine which a person swallows in one piece; a TABLET药丸a sleeping pill [C]一颗安眠药My mother swallows/takes a whole load of pills every morning. [C]我妈妈每天早上吃一把药。The pill (or fml a contraceptive pill) is a type of pill which a woman takes regularly, esp. every day, in order to prevent her from becoming pregnant.避孕药Are you on the pill? [U]你吃避孕药吗?To sweeten/sugar the pill (Am also sugar-coat something) is to make something bad seem less unpleasant.使不愉快的事较容易接受Plans to improve public services are seen as a way of sweetening the pill of increased taxation.改进公共服务设施的计划被看作是包在加税这颗苦药外的糖衣。(infml) Pill-popping is taking pills, esp. when this is a habit or when the pills are illegal drugs.服用毒品It was after the breakdown of her marriage that her pill-popping started to get out of control.在她婚姻破裂后，她服用毒品无法控制。
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