English Dictionary

pill

IPA（発音記号）

/pɪl/

名詞

広義 定冠詞 くだけた表現 不可算名詞 俗語 古語

(broadly) A small, usually round or cylindrical object designed for easy swallowing, usually containing some sort of medication. / Hyponyms: tablet, caplet, capsule, lozenge

日本語の意味

小型で丸型または円筒形の医薬品。錠剤、カプセル、カプレット、のど飴など、服用しやすい形状の薬を指す。

After checking the label, she swallowed the pill with a glass of water.

ラベルを確認してから、彼女はコップ一杯の水で錠剤を飲み込みました。

意味（1）

(broadly) A small, usually round or cylindrical object designed for easy swallowing, usually containing some sort of medication.

意味（2）

Hyponyms: tablet, caplet, capsule, lozenge

意味（3）

(strictly) Such an object that is of solid constitution (usually of compressed, bonded powder) rather than a capsule (with a shell containing loose powder or liquid).

Coordinate term: capsule

意味（4）

(informal, uncountable, definite, i.e. used with "the") Contraceptive medication, usually in the form of a pill to be taken by a woman; an oral contraceptive pill.

Jane went on the pill when she left for college.

意味（5）

Something offensive, unpleasant or nauseous which must be accepted or endured.

It's a sad unpalatable truth, said Mr. Pembroke, thinking that the despondency might be personal, but one must accept it. My sister and Gerald, I am thankful to say, have accepted it, so naturally it has been a little pill.

意味（6）

(slang) A contemptible, annoying, or unpleasant person.

You see, he's egging Phyllis on to marry Wilbert Cream. … And when a man like that eggs, something has to give, especially when the girl's a pill like Phyllis, who always does what Daddy tells her.

意味（7）

(slang) A comical or entertaining person.

意味（8）

(textile) A small piece of any substance, for example a ball of fibres formed on the surface of a textile fabric by rubbing. Colloquially known as a bobble, fuzzball, or lint ball.

One sleeve, threadbare and loaded with what my mother called “sweater pills,” hung halfway to the floor.

意味（9）

(archaic, baseball slang) A baseball.

Strike two! bawled the umpire. I threw the pill back to Tom with a heart which drummed above the noise of the rooters along the side lines.

意味（10）

(firearms, slang) A bullet (projectile).

意味（11）

(graphical user interface) A rounded rectangle indicating the tag or category that an item belongs to.

pills （ plural ）