单词	pill
释义	noun | verb pillpill1 /pɪl/ ●●● S2 noun Etymology ETYMOLOGYpill1 Origin: 1400-1500 Latin pilula, from pila ball Collocations COLLOCATIONS► took ... pills  I took a couple of pills for my stuffy nose. ► be/go on the pill  My doctor advised me to go on the pill. ► go off the pill  I decided to go off the pill (=stop taking it). Thesaurus THESAURUS a substance used for treating illness► medicine a substance used for treating illness:  Medicines should be kept out of children’s reach. Have you been taking your medicine? ► pill/tablet/capsule a small hard piece of medicine that you swallow:  Take two pills in the morning and two at night. ► eye/ear drops liquid medicine that you put into your eye or ear:  The doctor gave me eye drops to help with my allergies. ► drug a medicine, or a substance for making medicines:  The researchers are testing a new drug for treating breast cancer. ► medication medicine that a person takes over a period of time for a particular illness. Medication sounds more formal than medicine:  He’s on medication for his heart. ► remedy a medicine or treatment for an illness or pain that is not very serious:  Lemon and honey in hot water is a good remedy for a sore throat. ► dosage the amount of medicine that you should take:  The usual dosage is 200 to 400 mg. ► prescription a type of medicine that a doctor says you should take, or the piece of paper on which a doctor writes this down:  The doctor wrote her a prescription for antibiotics. ► pharmaceutical formal a medicine or drug:  There are effective pharmaceuticals for mental illnesses. 1 [countable] a small solid piece of medicine, that you swallow whole:  vitamin pills I took a couple of pills for my stuffy nose.► see thesaurus at medicine2the pill a pill taken regularly by some women in order to prevent them having babies: be/go on the pill My doctor advised me to go on the pill. I decided to go off the pill (=stop taking it).3informal someone who annoys you, often a child [Origin: 1400–1500 Latin pilula, from pila ball] → see also a bitter pill (to swallow) at bitter (8), morning-after pill noun | verb pillpill2 verb [intransitive] Verb Table VERB TABLE pill Simple Form Present I, you, we, they pill he, she, it pills Past I, you, he, she, it, we, they pilled Present perfect I, you, we, they have pilled he, she, it has pilled Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had pilled Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will pill Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have pilled Continuous Form Present I am pilling he, she, it is pilling you, we, they are pilling Past I, he, she, it was pilling you, we, they were pilling Present perfect I, you, we, they have been pilling he, she, it has been pilling Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had been pilling Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will be pilling Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have been pilling if a piece of clothing pills, especially a sweater, it forms little balls on the surface of the cloth after it has been worn or washed
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