pill
noun · verbA1Định nghĩa theo từ loại
Danh từ
noun- 1.
(broadly)A small, usually round or cylindrical object designed for easy swallowing, usually containing some sort of medication.
- 2.
(definite, informal, uncountable)(informal, uncountable, definite, i.e. used with "the") Contraceptive medication, usually in the form of a pill to be taken by a woman; an oral contraceptive pill.
Jane went on the pill when she left for college.
She got pregnant one month after going off the pill.
- 3.
Something offensive, unpleasant or nauseous which must be accepted or endured.
"It's a sad unpalatable truth," said Mr. Pembroke, thinking that the despondency might be personal, "but one must accept it. My sister and Gerald, I am thankful to say, have accepted it, so naturally it has been a little pill."
- 4.
(slang)A contemptible, annoying, or unpleasant person.
- 5.
(slang)A comical or entertaining person.
- 6.
(textiles) A small piece of any substance, for example a ball of fibers formed on the surface of a textile fabric by rubbing.
Đồng nghĩa: bobble, crawbeen, fuzzball, lint ball
- 7.
(slang)(baseball slang) A baseball.
- 8.
(slang)(firearms, slang) A bullet (projectile).
- 9.
(graphical user interface) A rounded rectangle containing a brief text caption indicating the tag or category that an item belongs to.
- 10.
(obsolete)The peel or skin.
- 11.
(UK, regional)(now UK regional) An inlet on the coast; a small tidal pool or bay. Pill can occur in the name of such an inlet.
Động từ
verb- 1.
(intransitive)(intransitive, textiles) Of a woven fabric surface, to form small matted balls of fiber.
This sweater is already pilled: it fuzzed after the very first wash.
- 2.
To form into the shape of a pill.
Pilling is a skill rarely used by modern pharmacists.
- 3.
(transitive)To medicate with pills; to administer pills to.
She pills herself with all sorts of herbal medicines.
Pilling the cat is such a nightmare.
- 4.
(Internet, transitive)(transitive, Internet slang) To persuade or convince someone of something.
- 5.
(UK, dated, slang, transitive)To blackball (a potential club member).
- 6.
(obsolete)To peel; to remove the outer layer of hair, skin, or bark.
- 7.
To peel; to make by removing the skin.
- 8.
To be peeled; to peel off in flakes.
- 9.
(obsolete)To pillage; to despoil or impoverish.
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From Middle English pille (also pillem), a borrowing from pille or Middle Dutch pille (whence pil), probably from Latin pila, pilula. * persuade or convince Generalized from red pill.