英语词汇“pillbox”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

pill¹ /pil/

noun

A little ball, flattened sphere or disc, etc of medicine for swallowing (see also the pill below)

A ball, eg a cannonball, tennis-ball, or (in pl) billiards (facetious)

Anything disagreeable that must be accepted

A tiresome person

A doctor (slang; also in pl)

(in pl) little balls that form on the surface of fabric during use, through rubbing, etc

transitive verb

To dose with pills

To form into pills

To blackball (slang)

intransitive verb

(of fabric) to (have a tendency to) develop pills on the surface

ORIGIN: L pila, perh through OFr pile, or from a syncopated form of the dimin pilula

pillˈing noun

pillˈbox noun

pill bug noun

A woodlouse that rolls itself into a ball

pillˈhead or pillˈ-popper noun (slang)

A regular, usu addicted, taker of sedative and/or stimulant pills, eg barbiturates and amphetamines

pillˈworm noun

A millipede that curls up

pillˈwort noun

A water fern (genus Pilularia) found at lake-margins, with pill-like sporocarps

on the pill

Taking contraceptive pills regularly

the pill any of various contraceptive pills (see oral contraception under oral).

pill1 /pil/