词族 · billet
中文词源
billet 部队临时设营
来自bill, 官方文件。原指部队通过官方文件对居民民宅的临时征用或借宿，后指设营。
英语词源
- billet (v.)
- 1590s, "to assign quarters to," earlier, as a noun, "official record or register" (Middle English), from Anglo-French billette "list, schedule," diminutive of bille (see bill (n.1)) with -let. Related: Billeted; billeting.
- billet (n.1)
- thick stick of wood, mid-15c., from Middle French billette, diminutive of bille "stick of wood" (see billiards).
- billet (n.2)
- "document, note;" see billet-doux.
权威例句
- 1. Soldiers were billet ed in all the houses of the village.
- 士兵被分配到全村的老百姓家里住宿.
- 2. We arrange with the townspeople to billet the students.
- 我们和镇上人协商给学生提供宿舍.
- 3. The old mansion served as the soldiers'billet for a week.
- 士兵在那所古宅里住了一个星期.
- 4. He landed a lucrative billet with a publishing house.
- 他在一家出版社里谋到一个报酬很高的职位.
- 5. Every bullet has its billet.
- 每颗子弹都有归宿,命中注定无法逃.