"small ball or round mass of medicine," c. 1400, from Middle Dutch or Middle Low German pille and Middle French pile, all from Latin pilula "pill," literally "little ball," diminutive of pila "a ball, playing ball," said to be related to pilus "hair" if the original notion was "hairball." Figurative sense "something disagreeable that must be swallowed" is from 1540s; slang meaning "boring person" is recorded from 1871. The pill "contraceptive pill" is from 1957.
pill (v.)
1736, "to dose on pills," from pill (n.). From 1882 as "to form into pills." Related: Pilled; pilling.
实用例句
1. The pill is the most efficient method of birth control.
服用避孕药是最有效的避孕方法。来自柯林斯例句
2. She had been on the pill for three years.
她吃口服避孕药已有3年。来自柯林斯例句
3. It was at that time she started taking the contraceptive pill.
她就是从那个时候开始服用避孕药的。来自柯林斯例句
4. The boy spat out the pill after eating off its sugar coating.
