| 单词 | billet |
| 释义 | billet billet1 —billeter, n. /bil"it/, n. , v. , billeted, billeting. n. 1. lodging for a soldier, student, etc., as in a private home or nonmilitary public building. 2. Mil. an official order, written or verbal, directing the person to whom it is addressed to provide such lodging. 3. a place assigned, as a bunk, berth, or the like, to a member of a ship's crew. 4. job; position; appointment. 5. Archaic. a written note, short letter, or the like. v.t. 6. Mil. to direct (a soldier) by ticket, note, or verbal order, where to lodge. 7. to provide lodging for; quarter: We arranged with the townspeople to billet the students. v.i. 8. to obtain lodging; stay: They billeted in youth hostels. [1375-1425; late ME bylet, billett official register < AF billette, OF bullette, equiv. to bulle BILL1 + -ette -ETTE] billet2 /bil"it/, n. 1. a small chunk of wood; a short section of a log, esp. one cut for fuel. 2. Metalworking. a comparatively narrow, generally square, bar of steel, esp. one rolled or forged from an ingot; a narrow bloom. 3. an iron or steel slab upon concrete, serving as a footing to a column. 4. Archit. any of a series of closely spaced cylindrical objects, often in several rows, used as ornaments in a hollow molding or cornice. 5. a strap that passes through a buckle, as to connect the ends of a girth. 6. a pocket or loop for securing the end of a strap that has been buckled. 7. thumbpiece. 8. Heraldry. a small, rectangular figure with the longer sides generally vertical, said to represent a block of wood. [1400-50; late ME bylet, bel(l)et < AF, MF billette, equiv. to bille log, tree trunk ( < Gaulish *bilia tree trunk; cf. OIr bile landmark tree) + -ette -ETTE] |
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