| 释义 |
pill/pil/n. 1a a ball or disc etc. of solid medicine for swallowing whole 药丸；丸剂 b (usu. prec. by 通常前接 the) a contraceptive pill 口服避孕药 2 an unpleasant or painful necessity; a humiliation 无法避免的讨厌(或痛苦)的事；屈辱 a bitter pill 苦差事; must swallow the pill 必须吞下苦果 3 colloq. or joc. a ball, e.g. a football, a bullet or bomb [口] [诙]球(如足球)；子弹；炸弹 □ sugar (or sweeten) the pill make an unpleasant necessity acceptable 使不愉快的事变得较易接受 [Middle Dutch, Middle Low German pille, probably from Latin pilula, diminutive of pila ‘ball’] |