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I.pill¹ S3 /pɪl/ BrE AmE noun
[Date: 1400-1500; Language: Latin; Origin: pilula, from pila 'ball']

1. [countable] a small solid piece of medicine that you swallow whole:
He has to take pills to control his blood pressure.
sleeping pills
a bottle of vitamin pills
2. the Pill/the pill a pill taken regularly by some women in order to prevent them having babies
on the Pill
My doctor advised me to go on the pill (=start taking it regularly).
3. sugar/sweeten the pill to do something to make an unpleasant job or situation less unpleasant for the person who has to accept it
4. be a pill American English informal if someone, especially a child, is a pill, they are annoying:
Luke can be a real pill sometimes.
⇨ a bitter pill (to swallow) at ↑bitter¹(7), ⇨ ↑morning-after pill
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COLLOCATIONS
verbs
▪ take a pill (=use it by swallowing it) Have you taken your pills?
▪ swallow a pill He swallowed a handful of pills.
▪ pop a pill informal (=take one too easily, without thinking about it seriously) Some people just pop a pill to get a good night's sleep.
▪ a doctor prescribes pills (=tells someone to take them) Her doctor just prescribed more pills and told her to take it easy.
NOUN + pill
▪ a sleeping pill I took a sleeping pill and tried to go back to sleep.
▪ malaria pills (=pills that prevent malaria)
▪ vitamin pills
▪ diet pills (=pills that are said to help you become thinner)
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THESAURUS
▪ medicine noun [uncountable and countable] a substance used for treating illness: Certain medicines should not be taken with alcohol. | Has he taken his medicine?
▪ pill noun [countable] a small piece of medicine that you swallow: She managed to swallow the pill with a sip of water. | The doctor gave him some pills. | sleeping pills | diet pills | contraceptive pills
▪ tablet noun [countable] especially British English a small piece of solid medicine: She's now on four tablets a day. | a five-day course of tablets | sleeping tablets | anti-malaria tablets
▪ antibiotics/aspirin/codeine etc: The doctor put him on a course of antibiotics. | Why don’t you take some aspirin? | The tablets contain codeine, which is unsuitable for people with asthma.
▪ capsule noun [countable] a small tube-shaped container with medicine inside that you swallow whole: a bottle of 500 capsules of vitamin C | I advised her to take four to six garlic capsules a day for the duration of the treatment.
▪ caplet noun [countable] a small smooth pill that is slightly longer than it is wide - used especially on bottles and containers: In small type, the consumer is warned not to take more than one caplet per day.
▪ eye/ear drops liquid medicine that you put into your eye or ear: Remember — if you 're using eye drops for your hay fever, leave your contact lenses out.
▪ cream noun [uncountable and countable] especially British English (also lotion especially American English) a thick smooth substance containing medicine, that you put on your skin: an antibiotic cream | antiseptic cream | skin cream
▪ drug noun [countable] a medicine or a substance for making medicines: a drug used to treat malaria | There are a wide range of different drugs on the market.
▪ dosage noun [countable usually singular] the amount of medicine that you should take at one time: The dosage should be reduced to 0.5 mg. | It’s important to get the dosage right.
▪ medication noun [uncountable and countable] medicine or drugs given to someone who is ill: He takes medication for his diabetes. | She’s on medication (=taking medication), having suffered from depression for a number of years.
II.pill² BrE AmE verb [intransitive] American English
if a piece of clothing pills, especially a ↑sweater, it forms little balls on the surface of the cloth after it has been worn or washed

pillhu

◎	[pil]
※	danh từ
	■	viên thuốc
	■	(nghĩa bóng) điều cay đắng, điều tủi nhục, điều sỉ nhục
		☆	a bitter pill
			điều cay đắng, điều tủi nhục
		☆	to swallow the pill
			ngậm bồ hòn làm ngọt
	■	(từ lóng); (đùa cợt) quả bóng đá, quả bóng quần vợt; đạn đại bác
	■	(số nhiều) trò chơi bi-a
	■	(the pill, the Pill) (thông tục) thuốc ngừa thai, thuốc tránh thai
		☆	be/go on the pill
			tiếp tục dùng thuốc tránh thai
	〆	a pill to cure an earthquake
		✓	biện pháp nửa vời không đem lại kết quả gì; cho voi uống thuốc gió
	〆	to gild the pill
		✓	như gild
※	ngoại động từ
	■	bỏ phiếu đen, bỏ phiếu chống lại (để khai trừ ai)
	■	đánh bại
	■	(từ cổ,nghĩa cổ) cướp bóc

◎	[pill]
〆	saying & slang
	■	(See the pill)