難以下嚥的東西
借的是吃藥的感覺:東西不大,但苦、但你得吞。壞消息和惹人厭的人,都是這種「不得不吞下去」的存在。
sugar the pill · noun · B1
To do something that makes bad news or a hard job easier for someone to accept.
把苦藥包糖衣
Picture a tiny hard ball in your palm, swallowed whole with water — small, but you have to get it down. Two things travel out from there: the little ball itself (which is why one famous pill needs no other name, and why something hard to accept is 'a pill' too), and the shape (the tiny balls that form on an old sweater).
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難以下嚥的東西
借的是吃藥的感覺:東西不大,但苦、但你得吞。壞消息和惹人厭的人,都是這種「不得不吞下去」的存在。
sugar the pill · noun · B1
To do something that makes bad news or a hard job easier for someone to accept.
把苦藥包糖衣
衣服上的小球
這一支借的不是藥,而是形狀:布料磨久了纖維糾在一起,冒出一顆顆小球,長得就像迷你藥丸。
form little fabric balls · verb · B1
If clothing pills, little soft balls form on its surface after wear or washing.
起毛球
medicine tablet · noun · A2
A small piece of medicine, round or flat, that you swallow whole.
藥丸;藥片
birth control pill · noun · B1
A special medicine some women take every day so they do not have a baby.
口服避孕藥
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
Pillname詞源 1
A village in Pill and Easton-in-Gordano parish, North Somerset district, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST5275).
Pillname詞源 2
A municipality of Tyrol, Austria.
Pillname詞源 3
A surname.
pillnoun詞源 1/pɪl/
A small, usually round or cylindrical object designed for easy swallowing, usually containing some sort of medication.
A small, usually round or cylindrical object designed for easy swallowing, usually containing some sort of medication.
informalContraceptive medication, usually in the form of a pill to be taken by a woman; an oral contraceptive pill.
Something offensive, unpleasant or nauseous which must be accepted or endured.
slangA contemptible, annoying, or unpleasant person.
slangA comical or entertaining person.
businessmanufacturingtextilesA small piece of any substance, for example a ball of fibers formed on the surface of a textile fabric by rubbing.
slangball-gamesbaseballgamesA baseball.
slangengineeringfirearmsgovernmentA bullet (projectile).
computingengineeringgraphical-user-interfaceA rounded rectangle containing a brief text caption indicating the tag or category that an item belongs to.
pillverb詞源 1/pɪl/
businessmanufacturingtextilesOf a woven fabric surface, to form small matted balls of fiber.
To form into the shape of a pill.
To medicate with pills; to administer pills to.
To take recreational drugs in pill form.
To persuade or convince someone of something.
datedslangTo blackball (a potential club member).
pillverb詞源 2/pɪl/
obsoleteTo peel; to remove the outer layer of hair, skin, or bark.
To peel; to make by removing the skin.
To be peeled; to peel off in flakes.
obsoleteTo pillage; to despoil or impoverish.
pillnoun詞源 2/pɪl/
obsoleteThe peel or skin.
pillnoun詞源 3/pɪl/
regionalAn inlet on the coast; a small tidal pool or bay. Pill can occur in the name of such an inlet.
資料來源:英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary(CC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。