| 单词 | bill |
| 释义 | bill 1(bɪl) noun 1. money owed for goods or services supplied an electricity bill 2. a written or printed account or statement of money owed 3. mainly British such an account for food and drink in a restaurant, hotel, etc Usual US and Canadian word: check4. any printed or written list of items, events, etc, such as a theatre programme who's on the bill tonight? 5. fit the bill 6. a statute in draft, before it becomes law 7. a printed notice or advertisement; poster 8. US and Canadian a piece of paper money; note 9. an obsolete name for promissory note 10. law bill of indictment 11. bill of exchange 12. bill of fare 13. archaic any document verb (transitive) 14. to send or present an account for payment to (a person) 15. to enter (items, goods, etc) on an account or statement 16. to advertise by posters 17. to schedule as a future programme the play is billed for next week Word origin C14: from Anglo-Latin billa, alteration of Late Latin bulla document, bull3bill 2(bɪl) noun 1. the mouthpart of a bird, consisting of projecting jaws covered with a horny sheath; beak. It varies in shape and size according to the type of food eaten and may also be used as a weapon 2. any beaklike mouthpart in other animals 3. a narrow promontory Portland Bill 4. nautical the pointed tip of the fluke of an anchor verb (intransitive) 5. (of birds, esp doves) to touch bills together 6. (of lovers) to kiss and whisper amorously Word origin Old English bile; related to bill bill3bill 3(bɪl) noun 1. a pike or halberd with a narrow hooked blade 2. short for billhook Word origin Old English bill sword, related to Old Norse bīldr instrument used in blood-letting, Old High German bil pickaxebill 4(bɪl) noun ornithology another word for boom1 (sense 4) Word origin C18: from dialect beel bell2 (vb) |
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