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pill

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pill1 /pɪl/ ●●● S3 noun  
1 pills.jpg [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。
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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
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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。
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a bitter pill (to swallow) at bitter1(7), → morning-after pill
nCOLLOCATIONS
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)
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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
pill1 nounn COLLOCATIONS1pill2 verb
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TOEFL BNC: 4969 COCA: 3425
pill

noun¹

1medicine藥片ADJECTIVE | ... OF PILLS | VERB + PILL ADJECTIVEdiet, sleeping, vitamin減肥藥片;安眠藥片;維生素片prescription (especially NAmE) 處方藥... OF PILLSbottle一瓶藥片VERB + PILLpop (informal) , swallow, take大量服藥;吞服藥丸;吃藥片
give sb, prescribe (sb)給某人藥片;(給某人)開藥片The doctor prescribed her some pills to help her sleep.醫生給她開了一些有助於睡眠的藥。
pill

noun²

2the pill to avoid becoming pregnant避孕藥ADJECTIVE | VERB + THE PILL ADJECTIVEbirth-control, contraceptive避孕藥abortion, morning-after墮胎藥;事後避孕藥VERB + THE PILLbe on, go on, use在服用避孕藥;用避孕藥prescribe (sb), put sb on給(某人)開避孕藥;讓某人服用避孕藥Her doctor put her on the pill at 16.她的醫生在她 16 歲時就讓她服用避孕藥了。take sb off讓某人停止服用避孕藥come off, stop taking停止服用避孕藥
TOEFL BNC: 4969 COCA: 3425
TOEFL BNC: 4969 COCA: 3425
pill
Types and forms of medicine: amphetamine, anabolic steroid, anaesthesia...
Birth control: abortion, abortionist, barrier method...
Relating to using illegal drugs: abuse, addiction, addictive...

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