"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.
例文
1. The pill is the most efficient method of birth control.
避妊薬の服用は最も効果的な避妊方法である。
2.She had been on the pill for three years.
彼女は経口避妊薬を飲んで3年になる。/
3.It was at that time she started taking the contraceptive pill .
彼女はその時から避妊薬を服用していた。
4.The boy spat out the pill after eating off its sugar coating.