billet

• n. 兵舍；軍營；工作職位
• vt. 給（部隊）安排住處
• n. (Billet)人名；(德)比勒特；(法)比耶

來自bill, 官方文件。原指部隊通過官方文件對居民民宅的臨時征用或借宿，後指設營。

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.

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裏住宿.

來自《現代英漢綜合大詞典》

2. We arrange with the townspeople to billet the students.

我們和鎮上人協商給學生提供宿舍.

來自辭典例句

3. The old mansion served as the soldiers'billet for a week.

士兵在那所古宅裏住了一個星期.

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4. He landed a lucrative billet with a publishing house.

他在一家出版社裏謀到一個報酬很高的職位.

來自辭典例句

5. Every bullet has its billet.

每顆子彈都有歸宿,命中注定無法逃.

來自辭典例句