| 单词 | pill |
| 释义 | pill (once / 746 pages) 1n 2n A small, round dose of medicine is a pill. If you get sick, you might take a pill, which is a pain because it usually tastes bad. A person who’s a pain can also be called a pill. In addition to medicine, you can take vitamins or other supplements in the form of a pill. Most pills have to be swallowed whole with water, but some can be chewed. Because of the association of pill with yucky medicine, there's also the colloquial meaning of "unpleasant person," like a little brother who's a total pill. And from the same association comes "a bitter pill to swallow," for "a difficult or painful necessity." WORD FAMILYpill: pills USAGE EXAMPLESFor some minor procedures, the proposal calls for a limit of between nine and 12 pills. Washington Times(Dec 01, 2016) In most countries, including Australia and Britain, the drug retails for less than $1.50 per pill. BBC(Dec 01, 2016) Abortion in Poland is illegal in most circumstances, but after several weeks she was able to get the pills. The New Yorker(Dec 01, 2016) 1 1n a dose of medicine in the form of a small pellet Syn|Hypo|Hyper lozenge, tab, tablet bolus a large pill; used especially in veterinary medicine capsulea pill in the form of a small rounded gelatinous container with medicine inside drageepill that is a sugar-coated medicated candy sleeping capsule, sleeping draught, sleeping pill, sleeping tableta soporific drug in the form of a pill (or tablet or capsule) dosage, dose a measured portion of medicine taken at any one time 2n a contraceptive in the form of a pill containing estrogen and progestin to inhibit ovulation and so prevent conception Syn|Hypo|Hyper anovulant, anovulatory drug, birth control pill, contraceptive pill, oral contraceptive, oral contraceptive pill Demulen trade name for an oral contraceptive Enovidtrade name for an oral contraceptive containing mestranol and norethynodrel Loestrintrade name for an oral contraceptive containing estradiol and norethindrone Lo/Ovraltrade name for an oral contraceptive containing estradiol and norgestrel Micronortrade name for and oral contraceptive containing the progestin compound norethindrone Modicontrade name for an oral contraceptive containing estradiol and norethindrone Norinyltrade name for an oral contraceptive containing norethindrone and mestranol Norlestrintrade name for an oral contraceptive containing estradiol and norethindrone Nor-Q-Dtrade name for an oral contraceptive containing norethindrone Ovocontrade name for an oral contraceptive containing estradiol and norethindrone Ovraltrade name for an oral contraceptive containing estradiol and norgestrel Ovrettetrade name for an oral contraceptive containing norgestrel Ovulentrade name for an oral contraceptive containing mestranol and a progestin compound birth control device, contraceptive, contraceptive device, preventative, preventive, prophylactic device an agent or device intended to prevent conception 3n something that resembles a tablet of medicine in shape or size 2Hypo|Hyper vitamin pill a pill containing one or more vitamins; taken as a dietary supplement multivitamin, multivitamin pilla pill or tablet containing several vitamins thing an artifact 1n something unpleasant or offensive that must be tolerated or endured his competitor's success was a bitter pill to take Hyper burden, encumbrance, incumbrance, load, onus an onerous or difficult concern 2n a unpleasant or tiresome person Hyper disagreeable person, unpleasant person a person who is not pleasant or agreeable |
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