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我们知道， pill是“药” ，
作动词，表示：
服药，把……制成药丸
但是，当老外说You're a pill你可别理解成：
你是一片药。

pill这个词的意思演变：

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The original meaning, according to the OED, was “a small compressed ball or globular mass containing a medicinal substance, intended to be taken by mouth and usually of a size convenient for swallowing whole.”

根据牛津英语词典， pill的原始含义是“一种含有药物的压缩小球或球状物，供口服，通常是为了便于整个吞咽而制的。”

In the mid-1500s people began using the word to mean any remedy or solution, especially an unpleasant one that had to be endured.

在16世纪中期，人们开始用这个词来表示补救措施或解决办法，尤其是针对不得不忍受的不愉快的事情的。

Since the middle of the 19th century, writers have been using “pill” to refer to people who are hard to swallow for one reason or another.

从19世纪中期开始，作家们就开始用pill来指那些因为这样或那样的原因让人难以接受的人（就好像药片卡在喉咙难以下咽一样难受）。

A person might be called a “pill” for being unpleasant, foolish, boring, weak, or otherwise difficult to take.

一个人可能会因为表现得不快、愚蠢、无聊、虚弱或其他的行为而被称为pill 。

所以
You're a pill ，
其实是在说：
你真烦人！

例：

despite

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