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TOEFL BNC: 4969 COCA: 3425

pill

1 pill /ˈpɪl/ noun
plural pills
1 pill
/ˈpɪl/
noun
plural pills
Learner's definition of PILL
[count]
: a small, rounded object that you swallow and that contains medicine, vitamins, etc.药丸;药片
see also pep pill, poison pill, sleeping pill, sugar pill
the pill : a pill that a woman takes so that she will not become pregnant : a contraceptive in pill form避孕药
see also morning-after pill
US, informal : an annoying person令人讨厌的家伙usually singular通常用单数

(a) bitter pill (to swallow)

see 1bitter

sugar/sweeten the pill

: to make an unpleasant thing less difficult to accept or deal with使容易接受;缓和情况
2 pill /ˈpɪl/ verb
pills; pilled; pilling
2 pill
/ˈpɪl/
verb
pills; pilled; pilling
Learner's definition of PILL
[no object] of a sweater, fabric, etc.
: to begin to have small balls of fiber on the surface usually after having been worn or used many times(针织物)起球
TOEFL BNC: 4969 COCA: 3425

pill

1 of 3

verb (1)

pilled; pilling; pills

intransitive verb

dialectal, chiefly England : to come off in flakes or scales : peel

transitive verb

1
archaic : to subject to depredation or extortion
2
dialect : to peel or strip off

pill

2 of 3

noun

1
a
: a usually medicinal or dietary preparation in a small rounded mass to be swallowed whole
b
often capitalized : birth control pill
usually used with the
2
: something repugnant or unpleasant that must be accepted or endured
3
: something resembling a pill in size or shape
4
: a disagreeable or tiresome person

pill

3 of 3

verb (2)

pilled; pilling; pills

transitive verb

1
: to dose with pills
2

intransitive verb

: to become rough with or mat into little balls
brushed woolens often pill

Synonyms

Example Sentences

Noun She took a pill for her headache. The drug is available as a pill or a liquid.

Word History

Etymology

Verb (1)

Middle English pilen, pillen, partly from Old English pilian to peel, partly from Anglo-French piler to rob

Noun

Middle English pylle, from Anglo-French pile & Middle Dutch pille, both ultimately from Latin pilula, from diminutive of pila ball

First Known Use

Verb (1)

12th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense

Noun

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

Verb (2)

1736, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of pill was in the 12th century
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

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