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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
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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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