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

• She laced his food with sleeping pills.
  她在他的食物里掺了安眠药。
• 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。
• My husband has to take several pills to counteract high blood pressure
  我丈夫不得不吃几片药来降压。
• I took one of the pills and chewed it up.
  我拿起一粒药丸，把它嚼碎。
• The doctor dosed out pills.
  医生配了药丸。
• She's been taking sleeping pills
  她一直在服用安眠药。
• He took a few pills before going to bed.
  他临睡前吃了几粒药。
• You took all the pills prescribed you?
  你吃了开给你的所有的药？
• How many pills did you take?
  你嗑了多少药丸？
• She could not have taken these massive doses orally. In the first place, she did not have enough pills.
  她不可能口服这么大的剂量，因为她根本没有足够的药丸了。