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单词 pill
释义
pill1 nounpill2 verb
pillpill1 /pɪl/ ●●● S3 noun Word Origin
WORD ORIGINpill
Origin:
1400-1500 Latin pilula, from pila ‘ball’
Examples
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
  • Hannah's being a real pill today.
  • I took a couple of pills for my stuffy nose.
  • sleeping pills
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • Council officials had said earlier the pill would be on the market by mid-1997.
  • Do not accept pills or medicines from anyone but your own doctor or the doctor at the clinic.
  • Healers who use their hands rather than pills and potions are still treated with scepticism.
  • Not only do sleeping pills impair the function of sleep, they also affect the way you feel the next day.
  • Taking pills or powders for headaches and stomach upsets is only adding to your system's toxicity.
  • The therapy requires dozens of pills a day and to stop even for a short time allows the virus to rebound.
  • There are several kinds of contraceptive pills available, and they act in slightly different ways.
Thesaurus
THESAURUS
noun [countable, uncountable] a substance used for treating illness: · Certain medicines should not be taken with alcohol.· Has he taken his medicine?
noun [countable] a small piece of medicine that you swallow: · She managed to swallow the pill with a sip of water.· The doctor gave him some pills.· sleeping pills· diet pills· contraceptive pills
noun [countable] especially British English a small piece of solid medicine: · She’s now on four tablets a day.· a five-day course of tablets· sleeping tablets· anti-malaria tablets
· The doctor put him on a course of antibiotics.· Why don’t you take some aspirin?· The tablets contain codeine, which is unsuitable for people with asthma.
noun [countable] a small tube-shaped container with medicine inside that you swallow whole: · a bottle of 500 capsules of vitamin C· I advised her to take four to six garlic capsules a day for the duration of the treatment.
noun [countable] a small smooth pill that is slightly longer than it is wide – used especially on bottles and containers: · In small type, the consumer is warned not to take more than one caplet per day.
liquid medicine that you put into your eye or ear: · Remember — if you’re using eye drops for your hay fever, leave your contact lenses out.
noun [countable, uncountable] especially British English (also lotion especially American English) a thick smooth substance containing medicine, that you put on your skin: · an antibiotic cream· antiseptic cream· skin cream
noun [countable] a medicine or a substance for making medicines: · a drug used to treat malaria· There are a wide range of different drugs on the market.
noun [countable usually singular] the amount of medicine that you should take at one time: · The dosage should be reduced to 0.5 mg.· It’s important to get the dosage right.
noun [countable, uncountable] medicine or drugs given to someone who is ill: · He takes medication for his diabetes.· She’s on medication (=taking medication), having suffered from depression for a number of years.
WORD SETS
aether, nounaftercare, nounambulance, nounamniocentesis, nounampoule, nounamputate, verbanaesthesia, nounanaesthetize, verbanodyne, nounantibiotic, nounantidote, nounantiseptic, nounantiseptic, adjectiveappendectomy, nounartificial respiration, nounastringent, adjectiveastringent, nounbandage, verbbathe, verbbed bath, nounbedpan, nounbiopsy, nounblood bank, nounblood donor, nounblood group, nounbloodletting, nounblood transfusion, nounbrain scan, nounbridge, nouncaesarean, nouncallipers, nouncapsule, nouncardiac, adjectivecast, nouncasualty, nouncatheter, nounCAT scan, nouncauterize, verbcervical smear, nouncesarean, nouncheckup, nounchemotherapy, nounchiropractor, nounclinic, nounclinical, adjectiveclinical thermometer, nouncommit, verbcompress, nounconstruct, verbconsultant, nounconsulting room, nounconvalesce, verbconvalescence, nounconvalescent, nouncosmetic surgery, nouncottage hospital, nouncrown, nouncrown, verbcrutch, nouncurative, adjectivecure, nouncure, verbD and C, nounday room, noundecongestant, noundentistry, noundermatology, noundetox, noundetoxification, noundiagnose, verbdiagnosis, noundiagnostic, adjectivedialysis, noundischarge, verbdischarge, noundispensary, noundoctor, verbdonate, verbdonor, noundress, verbdrug rehabilitation, nounear trumpet, nounECG, nounECT, noun-ectomy, suffixEEG, nounEKG, nounElastoplast, nounelective, adjectiveelectric shock therapy, nounemergency room, nounendoscope, nounenema, nounepidural, nounether, nouneviscerate, verbexam, nounexamination, nounexamine, verbfacelift, nounfilling, nounfirst aid, nounfirst aider, nounfirst aid kit, nounforceps, noungauze, noungeriatrics, noungraft, noungraft, verbgrommet, noungurney, nounhealth care, nounhealth centre, nounhealth service, nounheart-lung machine, nounhospice, nounhospital, nounhypnotherapy, nounhypo, nounhypodermic, nounhypodermic, adjectivehysterectomy, nounice pack, nounimplant, verbimplant, nounincision, nounincubator, nouninduce, verbinfection, nouninfirmary, nouninject, verbinjection, nouninlay, nouninoculate, verbinpatient, nouninseminate, verbinstitutionalize, verbintensive care, nouninternal medicine, nounintravenous, adjectiveinvasive, adjectivein vitro fertilization, nounirrigate, verbisolation, nounisometrics, nounIV, nounIVF, nounkeyhole surgery, nounlamp, nounlaudanum, nounlaughing gas, nounlaxative, nounlife support system, nounlinctus, nounliniment, nounlint, nounlobotomy, nounlumpectomy, nounmammography, nounmanipulate, verbmanipulative, adjectivemassage, nounmassage, verbmastectomy, nounmedical, adjectivemedical, nounmedicine, nounmental hospital, nounmonitor, nounmouth-to-mouth resuscitation, nounMRI, nounNational Health Service, the, negative, adjectivenose job, nounnursing home, nounob/gyn, nounobstetrics, nounoccupational therapy, nounold folks' home, nounold people's home, nounop, nounopen-heart surgery, nounoperable, adjectiveoperate, verboperating room, nounoperating table, nounoperating theatre, nounoperation, nounoperative, adjectiveorthodontics, nounorthopedic, adjectiveorthopedics, nounosteopathy, nounoutpatient, nounoxygen mask, nounoxygen tent, nounpacemaker, nounpack, nounpadded cell, nounpaediatrics, nounpalliative, nounpalpate, verbPap smear, nounpetroleum jelly, nounphial, nounphysiotherapy, nounpill, nounplaster, nounplaster cast, nounplastic surgery, nounpost-mortem, nounpoultice, nounprep, verbprescription, nounpreventive medicine, nounprimary health care, nounprivate medicine, nounprivate patient, nounprobe, nounprophylactic, adjectiveprosthesis, nounquarantine, nounquarantine, verbradiographer, nounradiography, nounradiologist, nounradiology, nounradiotherapy, nounreceive, verbrecovery room, nounrehabilitate, verbreject, verbreset, verbresidential care, nounresidential treatment facility, nounrest home, nounresuscitate, verbrhinoplasty, nounRx, saline, nounsanatorium, nounscalpel, nounscan, nounscreen, verbscreening, nounsection, nounsection, verbsedate, verbset, verbshock treatment, nounsickbay, nounsickroom, nounsilicone implant, nounskin graft, nounsmear, nounsmear test, nounsmelling salts, nounsocialized medicine, nounspatula, nounspecimen, nounsperm bank, nounsplint, nounstaunch, verbstethoscope, nounstitch, nounstomach pump, nounstretcher, nounsurgery, nounsurgical, adjectivesuture, nounswab, nounswab, verbsyringe, nounsyringe, verbtablet, nountape, verbteaching hospital, nountermination, nountheatre, nountherapy, nounthermometer, nountongue depressor, nountourniquet, nountracheotomy, nountranquillize, verbtransfusion, nountransplant, verbtransplant, nountreatment, nountruss, nountuck, nounultrasound, nounvaccinate, verbvasectomy, nounventilator, nounveterinary, adjectivevisiting hours, nounward, nounwell-woman, adjectivewetting solution, nounwheelchair, nounX-ray, nounX-ray, verb
Collocations
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRYverbs
(=use it by swallowing it)· Have you taken your pills?
· He swallowed a handful of pills.
informal (=take one too easily, without thinking about it seriously)· Some people just pop a pill to get a good night's sleep.
(=tells someone to take them)· Her doctor just prescribed more pills and told her to take it easy.
NOUN + pill
· I took a sleeping pill and tried to go back to sleep.
(=pills that prevent malaria)
(=pills that are said to help you become thinner)
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE
· The traditionalist camp has had to swallow some bitter pills.· Its failure to comfort is just another bitter pill.· Lamb and Botham had to swallow the very bitter pill of being dropped.· We were in such a state we decided to swallow what seemed the bitter pill of Thatcherism.· And we can speak up to tell them that bitter pills are indigestible.· It was a bitter pill for the 117 men listed to swallow with their Thanksgiving turkey yesterday.· It was a bit of a blow, a bitter pill to swallow.
· Only women who are not breastfeeding and not taking the contraceptive pill are eligible.· They also show a protective effect of pregnancy and current use of the contraceptive pill.· There are several kinds of contraceptive pills available, and they act in slightly different ways.· Use of the oral contraceptive pill was associated with a small increase in risk that was limited to current users.· It's already known that women who take the contraceptive pill are much less likely to develop it.· The contraceptive pill is also a contributing factor.· At around the same time the advent of the contraceptive pill gave women freedom from the fear of pregnancy.· It is therefore important that women of all ages who take the contraceptive pill should not smoke.
· My Mom took a job as a nursing orderly in a mental hospital where sleeping pills and tranquillisers were easily obtainable.· I tell her I am tired and giddy from last night's sleeping pill.· She was unconscious because she had taken some sleeping pills.· Maria Teresa: Don't forget the sleeping pills.· Nigel was given a sleeping pill and some cocoa before he went to bed.· After some weeks, instead of taking a sleeping pill she decided to lie awake and feel what her body was telling her.· The jetset hostess was a hypochondriac who could not manage without sleeping pills.· Claudia dived into her pocket, dropped the sleeping pills into the mug, stirred swiftly and rapidly switched the mugs round.
NOUN
· When Bush came to the Oval Office, the abortion pill had been approved for the market.
· No-one feels so strongly against abortion at any stage that they picket the factories where birth control pills are produced.· They include birth control pills, other ovulation suppressors and long-acting hormones.· Like clockwork, she goes to the local health clinic every third month for three new cycles of free birth control pills.· Birth Control Pills and Headache Headaches may rarely occur as a side effect of birth control pills.· Birth control pills may cause or aggravate vascular headaches as well as predispose the patient to cerebral venous or arterial occlusions.
· Time to write a poem, go for a swim, take diet pills.· Why is it being treated differently than diet pills?· It was the last time she was going to take diet pills before a race, that was for sure.· For many years, most respectable doctors shunned the use of diet pills.· So far, clients at these programs seem pleased to be able to get prescriptions for diet pills at their local mall.· Pamela Bradley had taken about six times the recommended dose of diet pills containing the herb ephedra.
· And a firm's environmental history has emerged as another potential poison pill no-one wants to swallow.· On Wednesday, they threatened to withdraw support for a minimum wage boost if the so-called poison pill amendment passed.· There were white knights and poison pills, Pac-Man defences and unbundling.· Most notably, it bans firms from frustrating a bidder by crippling themselves with debt or swallowing poison pills.· Mackenzie put a poison pill into place, which gave the company 60 days to find another suitor.
· There were Cotton clubs, Cotton gloves, even vitamin pills endorsed by Cotton.· Hundreds of children are taken to hospital after swallowing vitamin pills, often because they mistake them for sweets.· The sky is now spotted with a scattered selection of bright dots like children's vitamin pills.· He and I used to sail together to the Spice Islands to trade in vitamin pills and conch shells.
VERB
· Nigel was given a sleeping pill and some cocoa before he went to bed.· When the body develops tolerance to a prescribed pill, some people ask their physicians to give them a different pill.· At the first hospital visit, the woman is given a mifepristone pill.· To answer your question: yes, I gave Alistair the pills.· The doctor had been in and given her some sleeping pills.· But surely Ben could have given the child a pill?· They gave her pills which kept the world at a distance, muted things, let her dream.
· The producers must be popping pills too.· But when coach is a financial necessity, read a few books, enjoy the movies and pop some sleeping pills.· But the judges must have been popping the same pills as Martin Fowler.· The post-exposure prevention offered through the research protocol entails more than merely popping a few pills the morning after.· Zen popped two motion-sickness pills out of their plastic nests and put them in his mouth.
· The doctor advised rest and quiet and prescribed some red pills.· When I continued to demur, he promised to prescribe only five pills, one for each of the next five nights.· The doctors prescribed all kinds of pills.· Next day the doctor prescribed small yellow pills for vertigo.· When the morning after is Sunday: pharmacist prescribing of emergency contraceptive pills.· When the body develops tolerance to a prescribed pill, some people ask their physicians to give them a different pill.
· I've got anti-depressants and some sleeping pills.· Obviously, sleeping pills are not harmless; they are drugs that require caution and care in use.· I took sleeping pills for the first month and then tried hypnotherapy to cure it.· As the next section points out, sleeping pills never cure InsomnIa.· Peter committed suicide the next day with an overdose of sleeping pills.· You may wonder why sleeping pills and tranquilizers are on a list of drugs that can cause insomnia.· Sleep apnea and its effect on sleep are sometimes exacerbated by the use of alcohol, sleeping pills, and obesity.· Not only do sleeping pills impair the function of sleep, they also affect the way you feel the next day.
· I could just stop taking my pill and lot him think it was an accident.· Once the transient sleep problem has passed, stop taking the sleeping pills.· Reasons for stopping the pill seemed unremarkable.· Even though the medication may have lost its initial beneficial effects, they believe they can not stop taking the pill.
· The traditionalist camp has had to swallow some bitter pills.· The other half will swallow harmless sugar pills.· Lamb and Botham had to swallow the very bitter pill of being dropped.· Until then - don't swallow them pills.· Hundreds of children are taken to hospital after swallowing vitamin pills, often because they mistake them for sweets.· She watched him swallow a red pill and then a yellow and black one.· Many users swallow the pills even before arriving.
· He took a pill from his pocket, and popped it into his mouth.· Pretty soon you get patients who are no longer taking pills..· Only women who are not breastfeeding and not taking the contraceptive pill are eligible.· Once the transient sleep problem has passed, stop taking the sleeping pills.· Joan wept and at first refused to take the pills, but after much persuasion and then pleading, she agreed.· Q.. For several years my wife and I have been taking beta-carotene pills in an effort to prevent heart disease.· Time to write a poem, go for a swim, take diet pills.· Or do you go through a rigmarole of inserting diaphragms or taking pills?
· An audit of unplanned pregnancies seen in one practice also emphasised the need for great care in counselling people using the pill.· He still is, except now he uses pills.· Healers who use their hands rather than pills and potions are still treated with scepticism.
Phrases
PHRASES FROM THE ENTRY► the Pill/the pill
  • They tried to sweeten the pill. b. They tried to sugar the medicine. 34a.
  • To sweeten the pill, the government will try to boost the flagging economy in various ways.
  • There are pills, one for every morning which you take each morning on the way to work.
  • These may either be addictive themselves or may reinforce the view that there is a pill for every ill.
  • What investors in drug firms really need is a pill to calm their nerves.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
  • Losing the business was a bitter pill to swallow.
  • It was a bitter pill for the 117 men listed to swallow with their Thanksgiving turkey yesterday.
  • It was a bit of a blow, a bitter pill to swallow.
► knockout pills/drops etc
  • The producers must be popping pills too.
1pill (1) [countable] a small solid piece of medicine that you swallow whole:  He has to take pills to control his blood pressure. sleeping pills a bottle of vitamin pills2the Pill/the pill a pill taken regularly by some women in order to prevent them having babieson the Pill My doctor advised me to go on the pill (=start taking it regularly).3sugar/sweeten the pill to do something to make an unpleasant job or situation less unpleasant for the person who has to accept it4be a pill American English informal if someone, especially a child, is a pill, they are annoying:  Luke can be a real pill sometimes. → a bitter pill (to swallow) at bitter1(7), → morning-after pillCOLLOCATIONSverbstake a pill (=use it by swallowing it)· Have you taken your pills?swallow a pill· He swallowed a handful of pills.pop a pill informal (=take one too easily, without thinking about it seriously)· Some people just pop a pill to get a good night's sleep.a doctor prescribes pills (=tells someone to take them)· Her doctor just prescribed more pills and told her to take it easy.NOUN + pilla sleeping pill· I took a sleeping pill and tried to go back to sleep.malaria pills (=pills that prevent malaria)vitamin pillsdiet pills (=pills that are said to help you become thinner)
pill1 nounpill2 verb
pillpill2 verb [intransitive] American English Verb Table
VERB TABLE
pill (AmE)
Simple Form
PresentI, you, we, theypill (AmE)
he, she, itpills (AmE)
PastI, you, he, she, it, we, theypilled (AmE)
Present perfectI, you, we, theyhave pilled (AmE)
he, she, ithas pilled (AmE)
Past perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theyhad pilled (AmE)
FutureI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill pill
Future perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill have pilled (AmE)
Continuous Form
PresentIam pilling (AmE)
he, she, itis pilling (AmE)
you, we, theyare pilling (AmE)
PastI, he, she, itwas pilling (AmE)
you, we, theywere pilling (AmE)
Present perfectI, you, we, theyhave been pilling (AmE)
he, she, ithas been pilling (AmE)
Past perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theyhad been pilling (AmE)
FutureI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill be pilling (AmE)
Future perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill have been pilling (AmE)
Phrases
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
  • Losing the business was a bitter pill to swallow.
  • It was a bitter pill for the 117 men listed to swallow with their Thanksgiving turkey yesterday.
  • It was a bit of a blow, a bitter pill to swallow.
► knockout pills/drops etc
  • The producers must be popping pills too.
 if a piece of clothing pills, especially a sweater, it forms little balls on the surface of the cloth after it has been worn or washed
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