pill

pill — 名詞

1. a small round dose you put in your mouth and swallow as medicine

1.名詞B1
釋義

藥丸

可吞服的小固體藥

a small round dose you put in your mouth and swallow as medicine

例句

Dad put the vitamin pill beside my glass of water.

爸爸把那顆維他命藥丸放在我的水杯旁邊。

collocation: vitamin pill

Nina forgot her allergy pill, so she went back upstairs.

Nina 忘了帶過敏藥丸，所以又走回樓上。

collocation: allergy pill

同義詞
  • tablet

    the closest technical word, especially on medicine labels

  • capsule

    usually has a soft or hard outer shell rather than a pressed solid form

  • medicine

    a much broader word that also includes liquids, creams, and injections

文法句型

take a pill

swallow a pill

a pill for pain, sleep, or allergies

用法筆記

Often used for a single small unit of medicine. Distinguish from capsule, which usually has a shell, and from medicine, which is much broader.

常見錯誤

❌The doctor gave me a medicine to swallow.
✅The doctor gave me a pill to swallow.
💡use 'pill' when you mean one small solid piece, not medicine in general.

2. a medicine tablet some women take each day so they do not get pregnant

2.名詞
釋義

避孕藥

女性每日口服避孕藥

a medicine tablet some women take each day so they do not get pregnant

例句

The doctor explained how to take the pill at the same time daily.

醫師說明了怎麼每天在同一時間服用避孕藥。

usual phrase: the pill

Mia kept the pill in her handbag and took it every night for birth control.

Mia 把避孕藥放在手提包裡，每晚都會服用來避孕。

同義詞

文法句型

take the pill

go on the pill

miss a pill

用法筆記

Usually appears as 'the pill' in everyday English. It normally means oral contraception, not just any medicine in pill form.

常見錯誤

❌She takes a pill for birth control, so she is on pills.
✅She takes the pill, so she is on the pill.
💡this sense is usually singular with 'the'.

3. someone who keeps bothering other people and is tiring to be around

3.名詞
釋義

討厭鬼

讓人很煩的人

someone who keeps bothering other people and is tiring to be around

例句

Everyone avoided Kyle because he could be such a pill at meetings.

大家都躲著 Kyle，因為他開會時真的很像個討厭鬼。

informal insult: such a pill

Don't invite Ben again; he was a real pill all evening.

別再邀 Ben 了；他整個晚上都像個討厭鬼。

informal insult: a real pill

同義詞
  • nuisance

    can refer to a person, thing, or situation, so it is broader

  • pest

    suggests someone who keeps annoying you again and again

  • pain

    informal and often stronger in modern speech

反義詞
  • delight

    an informal opposite for someone who is pleasant to be with

文法句型

be a pill

such a pill

a real pill

用法筆記

Common in informal speech and usually said about a person who is hard to deal with socially. Distinguish from nuisance, which can describe a situation or thing as well as a person.

4. a little lump of fiber that forms on cloth when the surface rubs

4.名詞
釋義

毛球

衣物表面的小線團

a little lump of fiber that forms on cloth when the surface rubs

例句

This old sweater has pills on both sleeves after one winter.

這件舊毛衣過了一個冬天後，兩邊袖子上都有毛球。

common plural: pills on a sweater

Mara cut a pill off her coat with small scissors.

Mara 用小剪刀把大衣上的一顆毛球剪掉。

pattern: cut off a pill

同義詞
  • bobble

    common British clothing word for the same small fabric ball

  • lint ball

    a plain descriptive phrase, especially when the material looks loose and fuzzy

  • fuzzball

    more informal and less specific to clothing

文法句型

pills on a sweater

cut off a pill

fabric with pills

用法筆記

Often plural because fabric usually gets more than one. Distinguish from sense 1, which is medicine, by the clothing context.

pill — 動詞