pill
/pɪl; pɪl/ n
1 [C] small ball or flat round piece of medicine made to be swallowed whole 药丸; 药片: a vitamin pill 维生素丸
He has to take (ie swallow) six pills a day until he recovers. 他每天要服六粒药丸直到痊愈.
2 the pill (also the Pill) [sing]
(infml 口) artificialhormone in pill form taken regularly to prevent conception; oral contraceptive 口服避孕药
be/go on the pill, ie be/start taking contraceptive pills regularly 正[开始]按时服用避孕药
do research on the side-effects of the pill 研究口服避孕药的副作用.
3 (idm 习语) a bitter pill => bitter. sugar/sweeten the pill make sth unpleasant seem less unpleasant 降低某事物令人厌恶的程度.