pill學測 L3KK [ˈpɪl] ｜ /ˈpɪl/
藥丸；藥片·口服避孕藥·討厭鬼；惹人厭的人
從藥丸到討厭鬼，一字多義易混淆
The pill was so big that Mia had trouble swallowing it with water.
藥丸好大，蜜亞配水吞得很辛苦。
一個畫面：苦藥配水吞下
圓粒藥丸小巧圓滑，配水整顆吞下
每日服用避孕藥需按時吃一顆，天天重複
討厭到爆行為惹人厭，像顆苦藥卡喉頭
義項
配水吞藥B1noun藥丸；藥片
The night before my mid-term exam, I had a bad headache, so I took a pill.
段考前一晚，我頭痛得很厲害，就吃了一顆藥丸。
take a pillswallow a pill
每日服用B2noun口服避孕藥
She takes a pill every day for birth control.
她每天服用一顆避孕藥。
take the pillbe on the pill
討厭到爆B2noun討厭鬼；惹人厭的人
At the party, Sam kept saying bad things about everyone and was a real pill.
派對上，山姆一直說大家的壞話，真是個討厭鬼。
such a pillbeing a pill
片語
take a pill配水吞藥 →吞服一顆藥丸
on the pill定期服藥 →長期服用避孕藥
a bitter pill to swallow苦藥難吞 →難以接受的事實
such a pill惹人厭煩 →真是討厭鬼一個
你會不會這樣說？
She takes one ___ every day for birth control. (pill / pillow)
看答案
pill
pill 指藥丸，pillow 是枕頭，兩字外形相近但意思不同。
'At the party, Sam kept saying bad things about everyone and was a real pill.' 這句的 pill 最接近哪個意思？(A) 藥丸 (B) 避孕藥 (C) 討厭鬼
看答案
(C)
此句形容『人』令人討厭，對應討厭鬼這個義項。
字族
pillbox 藥盒
順路看看
capsule — 膠囊狀，多一層外殼包覆tablet — 壓製成扁形的藥錠dose — 藥物每次服用的劑量多益練習
本區為多益情境練習，與上方釋義獨立編寫
情境例句
藥品包裝檢查
The packaging technician counted the pills in the sample bottle.
包裝技術員清點了樣品瓶中的藥丸。
同事私下抱怨；非正式且帶貶義
After the meeting, Lena privately called her coworker a pill because he kept interrupting.
會議結束後，莉娜私下說那位同事是個討厭鬼，因為他一直插話。
詞族
pill noun（單數） 藥丸、藥片；討厭鬼・pills noun（複數） 多顆藥丸、藥片；多個討厭鬼
四選一
During the packaging inspection, the technician counted thirty ____ in the sample bottle.
看答案
pills
完整句表示技術員數出三十顆藥丸，thirty 後須用複數名詞 pills。pill 是單數；pills' 與 pill's 是所有格，此處沒有被擁有的名詞，也沒有可供省略該名詞的語境，因此均不成立。
同義改寫
The packaging technician counted the pills in the sample bottle. → The packaging technician counted how many pills were in the sample bottle.
兩句都表示技術員清點樣品瓶內藥丸的數量；改寫未增加藥品種類、用途或服用資訊。
After the meeting, Lena privately called her coworker a pill because he kept interrupting. → After the meeting, Lena privately described her coworker as an annoying person because he kept interrupting.
此處 a pill 指惹人厭的人，an annoying person 保留批評內容，但語氣較直接、較少口語色彩；兩句都保留私下評論及其原因。