pill

錠剤

飲み込んで服用する、小さく固めた薬。

やさしい英語で： A small solid piece of medicine that you swallow.

• Take this pill with water.
• The doctor gave her pills for the pain.
• Have you taken your daily pill yet?

類義語： tablet

よく使う表現： take a pill, sleeping pill, pain pill, swallow a pill

錠剤を飲ませる

人や動物に錠剤を飲ませること。

やさしい英語で： To give someone or an animal medicine in small solid pieces to swallow.

• The vet showed me how to pill my cat.
• She pilled the dog before breakfast.
• Have you ever tried pilling an unwilling kitten?

よく使う表現： pill a cat, pill the dog

丸薬にする

薬を、飲み込める小さな丸い粒にすること。

やさしい英語で： To shape medicine into small round pieces that can be swallowed.

• The pharmacist pilled the mixture by hand.
• This powder is difficult to pill.
• They pilled the soft mass before leaving it to dry.

よく使う表現： pill the mixture, pill by hand