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bil-let /'bilit/ noun, verb
a noun a place, often in a private
house, where soldiers live temporarily部队临时营舍（常设在民宅里)
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verb [VN +adv./prep.] [usually passive] to send soldiers to live
somewhere temporarily, especially in private houses during a war使（部队 > 临时设营（常在民宅里）
billet-doux /.bilei 'du:/ noun {pi. billets-doux /.bilei 'du:z/) “(from Frerjd?，/?wmoraws or //’fera/y) a love letter 情书 bill-fold /'bilfauld; NAmE -fould/ noun
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=WALLET(l)
bill-hook /'bilhuk/ noun a tool with a
long handle and a curved blade, used for cutting the small branches off trees长柄钩镰（修剪树枝用）
bil-liards /'biliadz; NAmE 'biljardz/ noun
[U] a game for two people played with cIjes (= long sticks) and three balls on a long table
covered with green cloth. Players try to hit the balls against each other and
into pockets at the edge of the table.台球；撞球：a game 〇/ bfHiards —局台球赛一compare pool
n.(6), snooker ►
bil-liard adj. [only before noun]： a biHfard cue 台球球杆
bill-ing /'bilirj/ noun 1 [u] the position, especially an important one,
that sb is advertised or described as having in a show，etc.(演员表上的）排名，演员名次： to have top/star bfHfng 领衔主演 2 [U] the act of preparing and sending bills to
customers 开具账单 3 [C, usually pi.] the total amount of business that a company does
in a particular period of time 营业额： brings around多7 mfflon * 700万元左右的营业额 biMion /'biljan/ number (plural verb 1 [abbr. bn) 1 000 000 000; one thousand million 十泛：V/orWwi’de saies reached 2.5 biHion.全球销售额 &到了 25 亿。◊ ha(f a biHion cioHars 五亿元◊ TTiey have spent billions on the problem (= billions of dollars, etc.).他们花了几十亿元解决这个问题。dsa You say a,
one, two, several, etc. billion without a final's* on
‘billion’. Biliions (of ... ) can be used if there is
no number or quantity before it. Always use a plural verb with billion or billions,
except when an amount of money is mentioned.说 a, one, two, several, etc. billion 时，billion后面不加s。若前面没有数目或数量，可用
billions (of…）。除非指金额，billion和billions均用复 数动词：Two billion (people) worldwide are expected to watch the game.预计荃世界4有20亿人观看这场比赛。
0 Two billion (dollars) was withdrawn from the account. 从该账户提取了 20 6元。There are more examples of how to use numbers at the entry for hundred.更多数 词用法示例见hundred词条。2 a b川ion or billions (/n/omifl/) a very large amount 数以十亿计；大量：
Our immune systems are killing billions of
germs right now.我们的免疫系统正在杀死数以十亿计的细菌。
3 {old-fashioned, BrE) l 〇〇〇
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one
million million—万亿 HTl trillion
bil.lion.aire /,bilja'ne0(r); NAmE -_ner/ noun an extremely rich person, who has at least
a thousand million pounds, dollars, etc. in money or
property 巨富；亿万富翁
.bill of 'costs noun {BrE, law a list of the charges and expenses that sb must pay to a lawyer or
to sb who has won a legal case诉讼费清单
,bill of ex'change noun {pi. bills of exchange) {business 商）a written order to pay a sum of money』to a particular person on a particular date.汇票 .bill of 'fare noun {pi. bills of fare) [old-fashioned) a list of the
food that can be ordered in a restaurant (餐馆 的）菜单，菜谱HTlMENU .bill of 'lad-ing noun {pi. bills of lad-ing) {business a list giving
details of the goods that a ship, etc. is carrying提单；提货单
,bill of 'rights noun [sing.] a written statement
of the basic rights of the citizens of a country 权利宣言；人权
宣言
,bill of 'sale now/? (p/. bills of sale) (fews/ziess 商).an.official document showing that sth has been
bought 转让
_契据；卖据
bil-low /'bilau; NAmE -lou/ verb,
noun
verfc [V] 1 (of a sail，skirt, etc•船帆、裙子等）to fill with