名词
1. 药丸；丸剂
Pills are small solid round masses of medicine or vitamins that you swallow without chewing.
2. （女用）口服避孕药
If a woman is on the pill, she takes a special pill that prevents her from becoming pregnant.
3. 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 was a bitter pill or a bitter pill to swallow .
4. 把苦药包上糖衣；使不愉快的事变得较易接受
If someone does something to sweeten the pill or sugar the pill, they do it to make some unpleasant news or an unpleasant measure more acceptable.
1. a dose of medicine in the form of a small pellet
2. something that resembles a tablet of medicine in shape or size
3. a contraceptive in the form of a pill containing estrogen and progestin to inhibit ovulation and so prevent conception
Synonym: birth control pillcontraceptive pilloral contraceptive pilloral contraceptiveanovulatory druganovulant
4. something unpleasant or offensive that must be tolerated or endured
e.g. his competitor's success was a bitter pill to take
5. a unpleasant or tiresome person