vt. 1 peel 剝(樹皮等),削(皮)。
△Mer.1.3.85(84):“The skillful shepherd pilled me certain wands,”那乖巧的牧人就削好了幾根木棒。
pill
vt. 2 pillage,take by violence,rob,steal 掠奪,搶奪,搶劫,竊取。
△R. III. 1. 3. 158 (157): “Hear me,youwrangling pirates,that fall out / In sharing that which you have pilled from me!”聽我說,你們這些爭吵不休的海盜,你們因為瓜分從我這里搶奪去的東西而互相傾軋!
pill up: pillage,plunder,rob 掠奪,劫掠,搶劫。
△2H. IV.4.5.69 (70): “For this they have engrossedand pilled up / The cankered heaps of strange-a-chieved gold;”為了這個,他們聚斂和掠奪了用不正當手段得來的大堆骯臟金錢。(按: pilled up又作piled up = accumu-lated,積聚。)
pill[pil]
n.小型炸彈,炮彈,彈丸,藥片,藥丸