pill

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n. 药丸, 弹丸, 屈辱, 胡说 v. 做成药丸, 形成丸状, 服药丸, 挫败, 抢劫

发音

UK /pɪl/
US /pɪl/

词形变化

pills 复数 pills 三单 pilling 现在分词 pilled 过去式 pilled 过去分词

释义与例句

n. B2 Oxf 5000
  1. 1.

    A small, usually round or cylindrical object designed for easy swallowing, usually containing some sort of medication.

    药丸

    药片

    药饼

  2. 2.

    A small, usually round or cylindrical object designed for easy swallowing, usually containing some sort of medication.

    Such an object that is of solid constitution (usually of compressed, bonded powder) rather than a capsule (with a shell containing loose powder or liquid).

  3. 3.

    Contraceptive medication, usually in the form of a pill to be taken by a woman; an oral contraceptive pill.

    避孕药

    非正式 不可数

    Jane went on the pill when she left for college.

    She got pregnant one month after going off the pill.

  4. 4.

    Something offensive, unpleasant or nauseous which must be accepted or endured.

    "It's a sad unpalatable truth," said Mr. Pembroke, thinking that the despondency might be personal, "but one must accept it. My sister and Gerald, I am thankful to say, have accepted it, so naturally it has been a little pill."

  5. 5.

    A contemptible, annoying, or unpleasant person.

    俚语
  6. 6.

    A comical or entertaining person.

    俚语
  7. 7.

    A small piece of any substance, for example a ball of fibers formed on the surface of a textile fabric by rubbing.

    毛球

    商务 工程
  8. 8.

    A baseball.

    俚语 体育 游戏
  9. 9.

    A bullet (projectile).

    俚语 工程 政治 军事
  10. 10.

    A rounded rectangle containing a brief text caption indicating the tag or category that an item belongs to.

    计算机 工程 数学
  11. 1.

    The peel or skin.

    废旧
  12. 1.

    An inlet on the coast; a small tidal pool or bay. Pill can occur in the name of such an inlet.

    英国
v.
  1. 1.

    Of a woven fabric surface, to form small matted balls of fiber.

    起毛球

    不及物 商务 工程

    This sweater is already pilled: it fuzzed after the very first wash.

  2. 2.

    To form into the shape of a pill.

    Pilling is a skill rarely used by modern pharmacists.

  3. 3.

    To medicate with pills; to administer pills to.

    及物

    She pills herself with all sorts of herbal medicines.

    Pilling the cat is such a nightmare.

  4. 4.

    To persuade or convince someone of something.

    及物
  5. 5.

    To blackball (a potential club member).

    英国 过时 俚语 及物
  6. 1.

    To peel; to remove the outer layer of hair, skin, or bark.

    废旧
  7. 2.

    To peel; to make by removing the skin.

  8. 3.

    To be peeled; to peel off in flakes.

  9. 4.

    To pillage; to despoil or impoverish.

    废旧

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词源

* From Middle English pille (also pillem), a borrowing from Middle Low German pille or Middle Dutch pille (whence Dutch pil), probably from Latin pila, pilula. * (persuade or convince): Generalized from red pill.

来源:wiktionary