• n. 藥丸；彈丸，子彈；口服避孕藥
• vt. 把…制成丸劑；使服用藥丸；搶劫，掠奪（古語）
• vi. 做成藥丸；服藥丸
• n. (Pill)人名；(英)皮爾

來自拉丁語pilula,藥丸，來自pila,球，球體，-ula,小詞后綴，可能來自pilus,頭發(fā)，毛發(fā)，詞源同pile,depilatory.詞義可能是由毛發(fā)引申為發(fā)球，絨球，最后指球體，小球。

pill

pill: see pellet

pill (n.)

"small ball or round mass of medicine," c. 1400, from Middle Dutch or Middle Low German pille and Middle French pile, all from Latin pilula "pill," literally "little ball," diminutive of pila "a ball, playing ball," said to be related to pilus "hair" if the original notion was "hairball." Figurative sense "something disagreeable that must be swallowed" is from 1540s; slang meaning "boring person" is recorded from 1871. The pill "contraceptive pill" is from 1957.

pill (v.)

1736, "to dose on pills," from pill (n.). From 1882 as "to form into pills." Related: Pilled; pilling.

1. The pill is the most efficient method of birth control.

服用避孕藥是最有效的避孕方法。

來自柯林斯例句

2. She had been on the pill for three years.

她吃口服避孕藥已有3年。

來自柯林斯例句

3. It was at that time she started taking the contraceptive pill.

她就是從那個(gè)時(shí)候開始服用避孕藥的。

來自柯林斯例句

4. The boy spat out the pill after eating off its sugar coating.

孩子吃掉藥丸外面的糖,卻把藥吐了出來.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

5. He paid the pill by cashing in some bonds.

他把一些證券兌換成現(xiàn)金付賬.

來自《現(xiàn)代漢英綜合大詞典》