pill
pill1
noun
a bitter pill (to swallow)
pilular
adjective
语源
pill2
verb
noun
- a small round mass of solid medicine for swallowing whole
药片，药丸；片剂，丸剂
■(the pill)a contraceptive pill
避孕丸
■(N.Amer., informal)a tedious or unpleasant person
(北美，非正式)讨厌的家伙
■(informal)(in some sports) a humorous term for a ball
(非正式，幽默)球，弹
a bitter pill (to swallow)
- an unpleasant or painful necessity (to accept)
不得不承受的苦差事
- make an unpleasant or painful necessity more palatable
使苦差事变得容易接受
pilular
adjective
语源
- late Middle English: ultimately from Latin pilula 'little ball', diminutive of pila; compare with Middle Dutch, Middle Low German pille
pill2
verb
- [no obj.](of knitted fabric) form small balls of fluff on its surface
（在针织物表面）结球
- 1960s: from the noun pill denoting a small ball of fluff, extended sense of pill
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