bill

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Any of various bladed or pointed hand weapons, originally designating an Anglo-Saxon sword, and later a weapon of infantry, especially in the 14th and 15th centuries, commonly consisting of a broad, heavy, double-edged, hook-shaped blade, with a short pike at the back and another at the top, attached to the end of a long staff.
    — At Floddon hyllys, / Our bowys, our byllys / Slew all the floure / Of theyr honoure.
  2. The beak of a bird, especially when small or flattish; sometimes also used with reference to a platypus, turtle, or other animal.
    — The woosel cock so black of hue, With orange-tawny bill, The throstle with his note so true, The wren with little quill[…]
  3. The bell, or boom, of the bittern.
    — The bittern's hollow bill was heard.
  4. A written list or inventory. (Now obsolete except in specific senses or set phrases; bill of lading, bill of goods, etc.)
  5. A document, originally sealed; a formal statement or official memorandum. (Now obsolete except with certain qualifying words; bill of health, bill of sale etc.)
  6. A cutting instrument, with hook-shaped point, and fitted with a handle, used in pruning, etc.; a billhook.
  7. A beaklike projection, especially a promontory.
    — There is a lighthouse on Portland Bill.
  8. A draft of a law, presented to a legislature for enactment; a proposed or projected law.
    — Mr. Speaker, on behalf of the Prime Minister, I beg to introduce a bill entitled[…]
  9. Somebody armed with a bill; a billman.
  10. Of a cap or hat: the brim or peak, serving as a shade to keep sun off the face and out of the eyes.
  11. A pickaxe or mattock.
  12. A declaration made in writing, stating some wrong the complainant has suffered from the defendant, or a fault committed by some person against a law. obsolete
    — ... the legion of bills in the suit have been transformed into mere bills of mortality ...
  13. The extremity of the arm of an anchor; the point of or beyond the fluke (also called the peak).
  14. A piece of paper money; a banknote. Canada,US
    — He gave the change for a three dollar bill. Upon examination, the bill proved to be counterfeit.
  15. A piece of paper money; a banknote.; One hundred dollars. Canada,US,slang
    — There was no excuse, simply no excuse for not making four or five bills a week. A little initiative, that's all.
  16. One hundred pounds sterling. UK,slang
    — In the conversation Henshall says he "struggling to find people to go up the roads" explaining how it would be "no good for black people" and how they need a "young white boy to go up there". Stock agrees, saying how he knows "this kid" who "owes me 12 bills".
  17. A written note of goods sold, services rendered, or work done, with the price or charge owing; an invoice.
    — He received a bill of £9 for the groceries.
  18. A written note of goods sold, services rendered, or work done, listing the price or charge paid; a receipt. India,slang
  19. A paper, written or printed, and posted up or given away, to advertise something, as a lecture, a play, or the sale of goods
    — In the meantime I will draw a bill of properties, such as our play wants.
  20. A writing that binds the signer or signers to pay a certain sum at a future day or on demand, with or without interest, as may be stated in the document; a bill of exchange. In the United States, it is usually called a note, a note of hand, or a promissory note.
    — Ay, and Rato-lorum too; and a gentleman born, Master Parson; who writes himself Armigero, in any bill, warrant, quittance, or obligation, Armigero.
  21. A set of items presented together.
    — Meanwhile, the bills on the main stages skewed towards mainstream pop, with mixed results. Lorde’s Friday evening Other stage appearance was one of the weekend’s highlights. The staging and choreography were fantastic – a giant glass tank on a hydraulic platform, in and around which a troupe of dancers acted out the highs and lows of a teenage party
  22. A list of pupils to be disciplined for breaking school rules. UK
    — One of the best stories of the period describes the misadventure of a batch of candidates for confirmation whose names were by accident sent up to the Head-Master on a piece of paper identical in size and shape with the "bill" used by the Masters for the purpose of reporting delinquents. Keate, we are told, insisted on flogging all the boys mentioned in the document […]
动词 v.
  1. To dig, chop, etc., with a bill. transitive
  2. To roll up a marijuana cigarette. UK,ambitransitive,slang
    — And we don't really need Netflix, I'mma give you something to watch / After we done, bill a spliff and cotch / Pour me a glass of the Henny on the rocks
  3. to peck obsolete
  4. To advertise by a bill or public notice. transitive
    — [...] it will be recalled that in 1960 they were billed as the long-distance express multiple-units of the future, [...].
  5. to stroke bill against bill, with reference to doves; to caress in fondness
    — As the ox hath his bow, sir, the horse his curb and the falcon her bells, so man hath his desires; and as pigeons bill, so wedlock would be nibbling.
  6. To charge; to send a bill to. transitive
    — The physician explains that this is an option for her and that she can sign the facility's ABN so that if Medicare denies the claim, the facility can bill her for the scan.

词形变化

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词源

词源 1
From Middle English bille, from Anglo-Norman bille, from Old French bulle, from Medieval Latin bulla (“seal, sealed document”). Doublet of bull (“papal bull; bubble”) and bulla.
词源 2
From Middle English bill, bil, bille, bile, from Old English bile (“beak (of a bird); trunk (of an elephant)”), of unknown origin. Perhaps from a special use of Old English bil, bill (“hook; sword”) (see below).
词源 3
From Middle English bill, bille, bil, from Old English bil, bill (“a hooked point; curved weapon; two-edged sword”), from Proto-Germanic *bilją (“axe; sword; blade”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeyH- (“to strike; beat”). Cognate with West Frisian bile (“axe”), Dutch bijl (“axe”), German Bille (“axe”).
词源 4
Onomatopoeic.
词源 5
Pronunciation spelling of build.
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