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单词 fill the bill
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bill1 /bil/

noun
  1. A written account of money owed
  2. A draft of a proposed law
  3. A bill of exchange, a promissory note
  4. A banknote (N American)
  5. A poster advertising an event, product, etc (often as a combining form, as in playbill, handbill)
  6. A slip of paper serving as an advertisement
  7. A list of performers, etc in order of importance
  8. A programme of entertainment
  9. Any written statement of particulars
  10. A written accusation of serious crime (Eng law)
transitive verb
  1. To give or send a request for payment to
  2. To announce or advertise
  3. To enter (items) on a statement (obsolete)
ORIGIN: LL billa, from L bulla a knob, a seal, hence a document bearing a seal, etc; cf bull3

billed /bild/ adjective

Named in a list or advertisement

billˈing noun

  1. The making out or sending of bills or invoices
  2. The (total amount of) money received from customers or clients
  3. Advertising by poster
  4. Precedence of naming in an announcement or poster, eg top billing, second billing, etc

billˈboard noun (chiefly N American)

A board on which large advertising posters are stuck, a hoarding

billˈbook noun

A book used in commerce in which an entry is made of all bills accepted and received

billˈ-broker noun

A person who deals in bills of exchange and promissory notes

billˈ-chamber noun

(until 1933) a department of the Scottish Court of Session dealing with summary business

billˈ-discounter noun

A person who discounts or advances the amount of bills of exchange and notes which have some time to run

billˈfold noun (N American)

A soft case or wallet for paper money

billˈhead noun

A form used for business accounts, with name and address printed at the top

billˈposter or billˈsticker noun

A person who sticks up bills or posters

bill of adventure

A document produced by a merchant stating that goods shipped by him or her, and in his or her name, are the property of another, whose adventure or chance the transaction is

bill of costs

An account of a solicitor's charges and outgoings in the conduct of the client's business

bill of exceptions

A statement of objections by way of appeal against the ruling or direction of a judge

bill of exchange

  1. A document promising payment of a certain sum on a certain date by one party or another
  2. A document employed by the parties to a business transaction whereby payment is made through a mutually convenient third party, thereby avoiding the cost and complications of foreign exchange

bill of fare

A list of dishes or articles of food, a menu

bill of health

An official certificate of the state of health on board ship before sailing

bill of indictment

A statement of a charge made against a person

bill of lading

A document signed by a ship's owner, master or the owner's agent, stating that specified goods have been shipped or received for shipment, and specifying the terms and conditions under which they are being transported

bill of mortality (historical)

An official return of births and deaths in the London area (hence within the bills of mortality within the London district for which such returns were made)

bill of quantities (building, civil eng)

A list of items giving the quantities of material and brief descriptions of work comprised in an engineering or building works contract

bill of rights see under right1

bill of sale (Eng law)

A formal deed transferring the ownership (but not the possession) of goods

bill of sight

Permission to land imported goods of which the merchant does not know the quantity or the quality

bill of store

A licence from the customs authorities to reimport British goods formerly exported

bill of victualling

A victualling-bill (qv under victual)

clean bill of health

  1. A certificate stating that there is no illness on board a ship
  2. A statement that a person is healthy
  3. A statement that an organization, etc is in a good condition

double (or triple) bill

A programme of entertainment consisting of two (or three) main items, esp films

fill (or fit) the bill

To be adequate

top the bill

To head the list of performers, be the star attraction

fill1 /fil/

transitive verb
  1. To make full
  2. To put into until all the space is occupied
  3. To supply abundantly
  4. To satisfy
  5. To glut
  6. To perform the duties of
  7. To take up (a vacant post)
  8. To increase the bulk of (soap, cotton fabrics, etc) by mixing in a lower-grade substance
  9. To put amalgam, gold, etc into (a cavity in a tooth)
  10. To fulfil or carry out (esp US)
  11. To make up (a prescription)
intransitive verb
  1. To become full
  2. To become satiated
noun
  1. As much as fills or satisfies
  2. A full supply
  3. The fullest extent
  4. A single charge of anything
  5. Anything used to fill
ORIGIN: OE fyllan, from full full

fillˈer noun

  1. A person or thing that fills, eg any of various paste-like substances used to fill cracks in wood, plaster, etc
  2. A vessel from which liquid is poured into a bottle
  3. Any item used to fill a gap in eg a page of newsprint or a broadcasting schedule
  4. A word or sound which fills a pause in an utterance without adding to the meaning, such as like in her father is, like, really old
  5. A substance added to various materials to impart desired qualities

fillˈing noun

  1. Anything used to fill up, stop a hole, to complete, etc, such as amalgam, etc in a tooth, or the woof in weaving
  2. (in pl) the quantity of new whisky spirit that a blender puts into store for maturation in eg a year, or the output of a distillery supplied for such purposes
adjective

Substantial, satisfying

filler cap noun

A device for closing the filling pipe of a petrol tank in a motor vehicle

filler metal noun (engineering)

The metal required to be added at the weld in welding processes

filler rod noun (engineering)

Same as welding rod (see under weld1)

fillˈ-in noun

  1. Something used to fill in (time or space)
  2. A substitute
  3. Fill-in flash

fill-in flash noun

Usu weak flash lighting used to compensate for strong back-lighting or heavy shadow in outdoor photography

filling station noun

A roadside installation where petrol and oil are sold to motorists

fill light noun

A supplementary light source in photography, used to soften or eliminate shadows

fill-up see fill up below.

fill in

  1. To occupy (time)
  2. To add what is necessary to complete (eg a form)
  3. To act as a temporary substitute (for; informal)
  4. To supply someone with information

fill one's boots

See under boot

fill out

  1. To make or become more substantial, larger or fuller
  2. To complete (a form, etc)

fill someone in (informal)

  1. To give someone detailed information about a situation
  2. To thrash or beat up someone (slang)
  3. To murder someone (slang)

fill the bill

To be adequate

fill up

  1. To fill, or be filled, by addition of more
  2. To have one's eyes fill with tears (informal)
  3. To fill in ( noun fillˈ-up)

fill up with

To stuff with (lit and figurative)

have one's fill of

To have enough of, esp something unpleasant or tiresome
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