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Pill Middle Ball 3449.Pill 英 Pɪl]美 Pɪl 释义

正面 3449.pill
英 [pɪl]美 [pɪl]

背面
释义:
n. 药丸;弹丸,子弹;口服避孕药vt. 把…制成丸剂;使服用药丸;抢劫,掠夺(古语)vi. 做成药丸;服药丸n. (Pill)人名;(英)皮尔
例句:
1. The pill is the most efficient method of birth control.服用避孕药是最有效的避孕方法。

1. con- "together" + -tinu- + -ous.2. => keep together, uninterrupted.
pill 药丸,绒球来自拉丁语pilula,药丸,来自pila,球,球体,-ula,小词后缀,可能来自pilus,头发,毛发,词源同pile,depilatory.词义可能是由毛发引申为发球,绒球,最后指球体,小球。
pillpill: see pelletpill (n.)"small ball or round mass of medicine," c. 1400, from Middle Dutch or Middle Low German pille and Middle French pile, all from Latin pilula "pill," literally "little ball," diminutive of pila "a ball, playing ball," said to be related to pilus "hair" if the original notion was "hairball." Figurative sense "something disagreeable that must be swallowed" is from 1540s; slang meaning "boring person" is recorded from 1871. The pill "contraceptive pill" is from 1957.pill (v.)1736, "to dose on pills," from pill (n.). From 1882 as "to form into pills." Related: Pilled; pilling."

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