pill
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.
That's right. We will take 10 pigs, 10 sheep and sixty chickens. The chickens can eat the food that we would otherwise throw away. They will provide us with eggs and meat.