pilling
pilling — 名詞
1. a small, firm lump of medicine that you swallow whole, usually with a drink of w
藥丸
整顆吞服的小型固體藥物
a small, firm lump of medicine that you swallow whole, usually with a drink of water.
The doctor told Tara to take one white pill before every meal.
醫生囑咐 Tara 每餐前服用一顆白色藥丸。
take + [number] + pill before [time]
Grandpa keeps his heart pills in a small blue box by the sink.
爺爺把他的心臟藥丸放在水槽邊一個藍色小盒子裡。
These pills are too big for the child to swallow with water.
這些藥丸太大，小孩很難配水吞下去。
Tariq forgot to take his vitamin pill again this busy Monday morning.
Tariq 在這個忙碌的星期一早上又忘了吃維他命藥丸。
The nurse counted out twelve pills and placed them in a paper cup.
護理師數出十二顆藥丸，放進一個紙杯裡。
文法句型
take a pill
用法筆記
Object of 'take' or 'swallow'; the verb is 'take a pill', never 'eat a pill'.
常見錯誤
2. a pill that a woman takes once a day to avoid getting pregnant.
避孕藥
女性每天服用以避孕的藥丸
a pill that a woman takes once a day to avoid getting pregnant.
Nadia takes the pill every morning so she will not get pregnant.
Nadia 每天早上服用避孕藥，這樣才不會懷孕。
take the pill (contraceptive sense)
Many young women in the city now choose the pill over other methods.
城裡許多年輕女性現在選擇避孕藥，而不是其他方法。
The clinic gives free pill packets to students who ask for them.
診所免費發放避孕藥的藥包給有需要的學生。
Lena forgot the pill for two days and worried all weekend long.
Lena 忘了吃避孕藥兩天，整個週末都很擔心。
Doctors warned that the pill may not work well with certain other drugs.
醫生警告，避孕藥與某些其他藥物併用時可能效果不佳。
- contraceptive
any method used to prevent pregnancy, not only a pill
文法句型
be on the pill
用法筆記
Almost always used with 'the' and refers to oral contraception specifically; distinguish from sense 1, which is any medicine in pill form.
3. a person who is dull, irritating, or hard to be around.
討厭鬼
令人厭煩、難相處的人
a person who is dull, irritating, or hard to be around.
Everyone at the office thinks the new manager is a real pill.
辦公室裡每個人都覺得新來的經理真是個討厭鬼。
be a real pill (informal)
Stop being such a pill and help us carry the heavy boxes.
別再當討厭鬼了，過來幫我們搬這些重箱子。
My little brother was a complete pill during the whole car trip.
我弟弟在整趟車程中是個十足的討厭鬼。
The waiter was such a pill that nobody left him any tip.
那名服務生真是個討厭鬼，沒有人留小費給他。
Tamar called her noisy neighbour a pill after another sleepless night.
Tamar 在又一個失眠的夜晚後，把吵鬧的鄰居叫做討厭鬼。
文法句型
be a pill
用法筆記
Informal and slightly dated; usually a subject complement after 'be' ('he is a pill') rather than a direct address.
pilling — 動詞
- pillingpresent simple I / you / we / they
- pillings3rd person singular
- pillinging-ing form
- pillingedpast simple
1. (of cloth or a knitted item) to form tiny balls of fluff across the surface afte
起毛球
布料表面結出小毛球
(of cloth or a knitted item) to form tiny balls of fluff across the surface after being worn or washed.
Cheap wool sweaters often pill badly after just a few gentle washes.
便宜的羊毛衣常常洗沒幾次就嚴重起毛球。
[fabric] pills after washing
The new blue jumper started to pill around the elbows within a month.
那件新的藍色套頭衫不到一個月就在手肘處開始起毛球。
Heather noticed that her favourite scarf had begun to pill at the edges.
Heather 發現她最愛的圍巾邊緣已經開始起毛球。
Soft cotton shirts pill less than synthetic ones made from cheap fibre.
純棉襯衫比用便宜纖維做的合成衣物較不容易起毛球。
After many washes, the couch cushions pilled and felt rough to touch.
洗過很多次後，沙發坐墊起了毛球，摸起來粗粗的。
- bobble
chiefly British; of knitwear forming small surface balls
文法句型
[fabric] pills
用法筆記
Intransitive and takes no object; the subject is always the fabric or garment, never the person wearing it.