pills

英 [pɪlz]

美 [pɪlz]

n.  药丸; 药片; 口服避孕药; 讨厌的人; 讨厌鬼
v.  起球; 结绒
pill的第三人称单数和复数

IELTS

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 药丸；丸剂
  Pillsare small solid round masses of medicine or vitamins that you swallow without chewing.
  1. Why do I have to take all these pills?
     我为什么非得服下所有这些药丸呢？
  2. ...sleeping pills.
     安眠药
• N-SING （女用）口服避孕药
  If a woman ison the pill, she takes a special pill that prevents her from becoming pregnant.
  1. She had been on the pill for three years.
     她吃口服避孕药已有3年。
  2. ...the contraceptive pill.
     避孕药丸
• 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 wasa bitter pillora bitter pill to swallow.
  1. 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。
• PHRASE 把苦药包上糖衣；使不愉快的事变得较易接受
  If someone does something tosweeten the pillorsugar the pill, they do it to make some unpleasant news or an unpleasant measure more acceptable.
  1. 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。

双语例句

• I'll give you some another antibiotic pills and cough medicine.
  我给你开一些另一种抗菌素药丸和咳嗽药。
• She laced his food with sleeping pills.
  她在他的食物里掺了安眠药。
• He dissolved the pills in water.
  他把药片用水化开。
• You are given pills with small quantities of nicotine to wean you from cigarettes
  会给你一些含少量尼古丁的药片帮你戒除烟瘾。
• The doctor prescribed some pills for me.
  医生给我开了些药片。
• You took all the pills prescribed you?
  你吃了开给你的所有的药？
• She's been taking sleeping pills
  她一直在服用安眠药。
• Sugar coating hides the taste of pills.
  糖衣掩盖了药片的药味。
• I'll give you some pills and tablets and a cough mixture.
  医生：我给你开点药丸和药片，还有止咳合剂。
• Vitamin pills make up what you lack in your diet.
  维生素丸可补充你食物中所缺的营养。