[C] a small solid piece of medicine that you swallow whole

药丸，药片:

He has to take pills to control his blood pressure.

他必须服药控制血压。

sleeping pills

安眠药

a bottle of vitamin pills

一瓶维生素片

the Pill / the pill, a pill taken regularly by some women in order to prevent them having babies

〔女用〕口服避孕药:

My doctor advised me to go on the pill (=start taking it regularly).

我的医生建议我口服避孕药。

sugar / sweeten the pill, to do something to make an unpleasant job or situation less unpleasant for the person who has to accept it

给药丸加糖衣，降低工作（局面）不愉快的程度

be a pill, [AmE informal] if someone, especially a child, is a pill, they are annoying

是令人讨厌的人〔尤指小孩〕:

Luke can be a real pill sometimes.

卢克有时候真是个讨厌鬼。

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

〔衣物〕起球，结绒