| 单词 | pill |
| 释义 | pill n. 1. a solid medicine formed into a ball or a flat disc for swallowing whole. b (usu. prec. by the) colloq. a contraceptive pill. 2. an unpleasant or painful necessity; a humiliation (a bitter pill; must swallow the pill). 3. colloq. or joc. a ball, e.g. a football, a cannon-ball. Phrases and idioms sugar (or sweeten) the pill make an unpleasant necessity acceptable. Etymology: MDu., MLG pille prob. f. L pilula dimin. of pila ball |
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