| 单词 | bill |
| 释义 | bill bill1 —biller, n. /bil/, 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. Govt. a form or draft of a proposed statute presented to a legislature, but not yet enacted or passed and made law. 4. See 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. Law. a written statement, usually of complaint, presented to a court. 8. Slang. one hundred dollars: The job pays five bills a week. 9. playbill. 10. entertainment scheduled for presentation; program: a good bill at the movies. 11. Obs. a. a promissory note. b. a written and sealed document. c. a written, formal petition. 12. fill the bill, to fulfill the purpose or need well: As a sprightly situation comedy this show fills the bill. v.t. 13. to charge for by bill; send a bill to: The store will bill me. 14. to enter (charges) in a bill; make a bill or list of: to bill goods. 15. to advertise by bill or public notice: A new actor was billed for this week. 16. to schedule on a program: The management billed the play for two weeks. [1300-50; ME bille < AF < AL billa for LL bulla BULL2] Syn. 1. reckoning, invoice, statement. 5. bulletin, handbill, poster, placard, announcement, circular, throwaway, flyer, broadside. bill2 /bil/, n. 1. the 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. 4. to join bills or beaks, as doves. 5. 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; ME bile, bille, OE bile beak, trunk; akin to BILL3] bill3 /bil/, n. 1. a medieval shafted weapon having at its head a hooklike cutting blade with a beak at the back. 2. Also called billman. a person armed with a bill. 3. Also called billhook. a sharp, hooked instrument used for pruning, cutting, etc. 4. Also called pea. Naut. the extremity of a fluke of an anchor. See diag. under anchor. [bef. 1000; ME bil, OE bill sword; c. OHG bil pickax] bill4 /bil/, n. Brit. Dial. the cry of the bittern. [1780-90; akin to BELL2, BELLOW] |
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