"pill" in Chinese (Simplified)

药片药丸

Definition

pill 是一种小块的固体药物，用水吞服。根据语境，它也可以指口服避孕药。

在日常英语中，'pill' 是常见的统称；'tablet' 更偏医学或更具体。'The pill' 经常特指避孕药。常见搭配有 'take a pill'、'swallow a pill' 和 'painkiller pill'。

Take this pill with water after dinner.

晚饭后用水吃这片**药片**。

I forgot to take my pill this morning.

我今天早上忘了吃我的**药片**。

The doctor gave me a pill for the pain.

医生给了我一片止痛的**药片**。

I can't swallow big pills, so I asked for liquid medicine instead.

我吞不下大的**药片**，所以我改要了液体药。

She went on the pill a few months before the wedding.

她在婚礼前几个月开始吃**避孕药**。

It's a tough pill to swallow, but we need to accept the decision.

这是一颗难以下咽的**药丸**，但我们得接受这个决定。