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pill
[英] [pil] [美] [pɪl] 生词本

n.

vt.

vi.

  • 易混淆的单词：Pill  

  • 柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典

  • 英英释义

  • 行业释义

  • 词典例句

1. N-COUNT 药丸；丸剂 Pills are small solid round masses of medicine or vitamins that you swallow without chewing. 

  • Why do I have to take all these pills?

    我为什么非得服下所有这些药丸呢？

  • ...sleeping pills.

    安眠药

2. N-SING （女用）口服避孕药 If a woman is on the pill, she takes a special pill that prevents her from becoming pregnant. 

  • She had been on the pill for three years.

    她吃口服避孕药已有3年。

  • ...the contraceptive pill.

    避孕药丸

3. PHRASE 不得不承受的苦事；不得不接受的现实 If a person or group has to accept a failure or an unpleasant piece of news, you can say that it was a bitter pill or a bitter pill to swallow . 

  • You're too old to be given a job. That's a bitter pill to swallow.

    你年龄太大了，没人愿意再给工作，这是你不得不接受的现实。

4. PHRASE 把苦药包上糖衣；使不愉快的事变得较易接受 If someone does something to sweeten the pill or sugar the pill, they do it to make some unpleasant news or an unpleasant measure more acceptable. 

  • He sweetened the pill by increasing wages, although by slightly less than he raised prices.

    他提高了工资以使人们更易接受，尽管涨幅略低于他的价格升幅。

Noun

1. something that resembles a pill in shape or size

2. a dose of medicine in the form of a small pellet

3. a unpleasant or tiresome person

4. something unpleasant or offensive that must be tolerated or endured;

  • "his competitor's success was a bitter pill to take"

5. a contraceptive in the form of a pill containing estrogen and progestin to inhibit ovulation and so prevent conception

医学

  • 1.丸剂：供吞服的小球形药团。丸剂除了含有效的药物成分外，还含有稀释剂，和使药物具有粘性、硬度和可塑性的赋形剂，以便按需要的样式由手工或机器制出。参见tablet
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  • 1.丸剂

药学

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  • 1.丸剂
  • 2.将药材细粉或药材提取物加适宜的黏合剂或其他辅料制成球形或类球形制剂的统称。分蜜丸、水丸、水蜜丸、糊丸、浓缩丸、蜡丸和微丸等。
1. He paid the pill by cashing in some bonds.
他把一些证券兑换成现金付账。

来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

2. Take a pill every three hours.
每三小时吃一粒药。

来自《简明英汉词典》

3. The boy spat out the pill after eating off its sugar coating.
孩子吃掉药丸外面的糖，却把药吐了出来。

来自《简明英汉词典》

4. This pill is to be sucked, not swallowed.
此丸宜含服。

来自《现代汉英综合大词典》