pill
[pɪl] noun countable
MEDICINE 药
ADVANCED
■a small solid piece of medicine which a person swallows without chewing (= crushing with the teeth) 药丸；药片•a sleeping pill安眠药 •a vitamin pill维生素片；维他命药片 •My mother takes three or four pills a day.我妈妈每天吃三至四颗药。 •Jamie's always had trouble swallowing pills.杰米吞药时总是很费劲。 the pill
■a type of pill for women which is taken every day in order to prevent them from becoming pregnant （女性的）口服避孕药•Are you on the pill?你在服避孕药吗？
[pɪl] noun countable
PERSON 人 US an annoying person 令人讨厌的人•Jennifer was being such a pill today.珍妮佛今天真烦人。
[pɪl] noun countable
CLOTHING 衣服 US (UK bobble)
■a small ball of threads that develops on the surface of clothes or material （衣服或布料上的）球粒，纤维绒球•She sat there sulking and picking the pills off her sweater.她坐在那里生闷气，一直拔着毛衣上的绒球。
[pɪl] noun countable
sugar the pill UK (US sweeten the pill)
■to make something bad seem less unpleasant 使不愉快的事变得较易接受•Plans to improve public services are a way of sugaring the pill of increased taxation.改善公共服务的诸项计划是缓和人们对增税的不满情绪的一种方式。
[pɪl] verb intransitive US (UK bobble)
■If a piece of clothing or material pills, it develops small balls of threads on its surface. （衣服或布料）起球粒，起纤维绒球 |