pill
noun/pɪl/
/pɪl/
Idioms - [countable] a small flat round piece of medicine that you swallow whole, without biting it
药丸；药片 - a vitamin pill
维生素片 - Take three pills daily after meals.
每日饭后服用三粒药片。 - (informal) pill-popping (= the act of taking too many pills or using illegal drugs)
吃药（= 服用过多药片或使用非法药物的行为） - The doctor prescribed her some pills to help her sleep.
医生给她开了一些有助于睡眠的药。 - I was on various pills for my heart condition.
我正在服用各种治疗心脏病的药物。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- diet
- sleeping
- vitamin
- …
- bottle
- pop
- swallow
- take
- …
- a vitamin pill
- the pill, the Pill[singular] a pill that some women take to prevent them becoming pregnant
口服避孕药 - the contraceptive pill
避孕药丸 - on the pill to be/go on the pill
在服用避孕药 - Her doctor put her on the pill at 16.
她的医生在她 16 岁时就让她服用避孕药了。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- birth-control
- contraceptive
- abortion
- …
- be on
- go on
- use
- …
- the contraceptive pill
- [countable] (North American English) an annoying person
讨厌的人；讨厌鬼
Word Originnoun late Middle English: ultimately from Latin pilula ‘little ball’, diminutive of pila; compare with Middle Dutch, Middle Low German pille.
Idioms
a bitter pill (for somebody) (to swallow)
- a fact or an event that is unpleasant and difficult to accept
严酷的现实；（难以咽下的）苦果 - The election defeat was a bitter pill for the party to swallow.
选举失败对于该党来说是一颗苦果。
- The election defeat was a bitter pill for the party to swallow.
sugar/sweeten the pill
- to do something that makes an unpleasant situation seem less unpleasant
美化，粉饰（不愉快的情况）