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单词 billed
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
-billed,  combining form. 
  1. ZoologyUse -billed after adjectives to mean "having a bill or beak of a (specified kind, shape, or color)'':yellow + -billed → yellow-billed (= having a yellow bill).

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
billed  (bild),USA pronunciation adj. 
  1. Zoologyhaving a bill or beak, esp. one of a specified kind, shape, color, etc. (usually used in combination):a yellow-billed magpie.
  • 1350–1400; Middle English; see bill2, -ed3

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
bill1 /bɪl/USA pronunciation   n. 
    [countable]
  1. a statement of the money owed for goods or services:I'd like to discuss the amount of this bill for car repairs.
  2. a piece of paper money worth a specified amount: a ten-dollar bill.
  3. Governmenta proposal for a new law:a gun-control bill.
  4. Show Business[usually singular] entertainment scheduled for presentation: a twin bill for the price of one movie.

v. 
  1. to send a list of charges to: [+ object][We'll bill you later for the amount.][+ object + object][billed me one hundred dollars to tow the car.]
  2. to advertise (something) or otherwise make (it) known by public notice:[+ object]She was billed to play the part of Ophelia.
  3. Show Business to advertise or claim (something) as having (some qualities):[+ object (+ as) + object]The economic summit meeting was billed as a historic moment in time.
Idioms
  1. Idiomsfill the bill, to fit a particular purpose;
    be suitable:Yes, that costume fills the bill; I'll take it.


bill2 /bɪl/USA pronunciation   n. 
    [countable]
  1. Birdsthe parts of a bird's jaws that have a horny covering;
    beak.
  2. the visor of a cap.

v. [no object]
  1. to join bills:two birds billing.
Idioms
  1. Idioms bill and coo, [no object] to kiss or hold someone closely and whisper in an intimate way.


WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
bill1  (bil),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. a statement of money owed for goods or services supplied:He paid the hotel bill when he checked out.
  2. a piece of paper money worth a specified amount:a ten-dollar bill.
  3. Governmenta form or draft of a proposed statute presented to a legislature, but not yet enacted or passed and made law.
  4. BusinessSee bill of exchange. 
  5. a written or printed public notice or advertisement.
  6. any written paper containing a statement of particulars:a bill of expenditures.
  7. Lawa written statement, usually of complaint, presented to a court.
  8. Slang Termsone hundred dollars:The job pays five bills a week.
  9. Show Businessplaybill.
  10. Show Businessentertainment scheduled for presentation;
    program:a good bill at the movies.
  11. Business[Obs.]
    • a promissory note.
    • a written and sealed document.
    • a written, formal petition.
  12. Idioms fill the bill, to fulfill the purpose or need well:As a sprightly situation comedy this show fills the bill.

v.t. 
  1. to charge for by bill;
    send a bill to:The store will bill me.
  2. Businessto enter (charges) in a bill;
    make a bill or list of:to bill goods.
  3. to advertise by bill or public notice:A new actor was billed for this week.
  4. Show Businessto schedule on a program:The management billed the play for two weeks.
  • Anglo-Latin billa for Late Latin bulla bull2
  • Anglo-French
  • Middle English bille 1300–50
biller, n. 
    • 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged reckoning, invoice, statement.
    • 5.See corresponding entry in Unabridged bulletin, handbill, poster, placard, announcement, circular, throwaway, flyer, broadside.

bill2  (bil),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Birdsthe parts of a bird's jaws that are covered with a horny or leathery sheath;
    beak. See diag. under bird. 
  2. the visor of a cap or other head covering.
  3. a beaklike promontory or headland.

v.i. 
  1. to join bills or beaks, as doves.
  2. Idioms bill and coo, to kiss or fondle and whisper endearments, as lovers:My sister and her boyfriend were billing and cooing on the front porch.
  • bef. 1000; Middle English bile, bille, Old English bile beak, trunk; akin to bill3

bill3  (bil),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Militarya medieval shafted weapon having at its head a hooklike cutting blade with a beak at the back.
  2. MilitaryAlso called billman. a person armed with a bill.
  3. Also called billhook. a sharp, hooked instrument used for pruning, cutting, etc.
  4. Nautical, Naval TermsAlso called pea. the extremity of a fluke of an anchor. See diag. under anchor. 
  • bef. 1000; Middle English bil, Old English bill sword; cognate with Old High German bil pickax

bill4  (bil),USA pronunciation n. [Brit. Dial.]
  1. British Termsthe cry of the bittern.
  • akin to bell2, bellow 1780–90

Bill  (bil),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. a male given name, form of William. 

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
bill /bɪl/ n
  1. money owed for goods or services supplied
  2. a written or printed account or statement of money owed
  3. chiefly Brit such an account for food and drink in a restaurant, hotel, etc
  4. any printed or written list of items, events, etc, such as a theatre programme
  5. a statute in draft, before it becomes law
  6. a printed notice or advertisement; poster
  7. US Canadian a piece of paper money; note
  8. an obsolete name for promissory note
  9. See bill of exchange
  10. See bill of fare
vb (transitive)
  1. to send or present an account for payment to (a person)
  2. to enter (items, goods, etc) on an account or statement
  3. to advertise by posters
  4. to schedule as a future programme
Etymology: 14th Century: from Anglo-Latin billa, alteration of Late Latin bulla document, bull³
bill /bɪl/ n
  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
vb (intransitive)
  1. (of birds, esp doves) to touch bills together
  2. (of lovers) to kiss and whisper amorously
Etymology: Old English bile; related to bill bill³
bill /bɪl/ n
  1. a pike or halberd with a narrow hooked blade
  2. short for billhook
Etymology: Old English bill sword, related to Old Norse bīldr instrument used in blood-letting, Old High German bil pickaxe
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