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单词 billet
释义
billet
noun[C]
uk
/ˈbɪl.ɪt/us
/ˈbɪl.ət/
aplaceforsoldierstostayin for ashorttime:
（尤指士兵的）临时宿营地
Our billets were about amileout oftown.我们的临时宿营地离城一英里远。
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accommodation
  • accommodationUKOur holiday accommodation was not up to standard.
  • place to stayIf you need a place to stay, I have a spare room.
  • lodgingOur lodging on the estate wasn't free: we had to help with household tasks in payment.
  • lodgingsAfter work she returned to her lodgings on the outskirts of town.
  • digsUKI had digs in Jesus Lane, not far from college.
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Places involved in military activity
  • air bridge
  • air corridor
  • bases
  • Bastille
  • battlefield
  • battleground
  • camp
  • enceinte
  • fort
  • front
  • front-line
  • garrison
  • GHQ
  • multi-front
  • observation post
  • obstacle course
  • parade ground
  • PX
  • redoubt
  • theatre
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billet

verb[T]uk
us
Thesoldierswere billeted in thetownhall.
(Definition ofbilletfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)
billet
noun[C]
uk
/ˈbɪl.ɪt/us
/ˈbɪl.ət/
aplaceforsoldierstostayin for ashorttime
（尤指士兵的）临时宿营地
Our billets were about amileout oftown.我们的临时宿营地离城一英里远。

Examplesofbillet

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These comprised health visitors, head teachers, housing managers, social workers, billeting officers, representatives of voluntary organizations, and local government officers.
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Very few billets are now missing, testifying to the high level of the hospital's administrative organization.
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Its soldiers lived in barracks or billets, often far from home.
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The secondary sample, introduced on page 13 and in note 34, consists of the 1,056 foundlings whose age information came from billets and notes (above).
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Again, the billets offer an opportunity to reflect on issues which were never explicitly investigated by the hospital governors.
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Larval size is checked at 21 days by peeling back bark at one end of thebilletand measuring the width of the feeding galleries.
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The billets are again processed in the cleaning stations before shipment by rail or road to the mill.
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This source is the entrybilletfilled in for each and every entrant.
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Thebilletwas therefore vital in establishing the child's identity and hospital number, allowing its current whereabouts to be traced.
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Any note or token left with the child was kept with thebillet, which was folded and sealed and marked with the child's number.
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Of the 1,650 billets sampled, 299 (18 per cent) included notes which contain information as to the legitimacy of the child.
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This supposition can be examined with the data from the billets and notes.
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The entry billets, however, permit a more detailed study of the children's backgrounds, giving also more precise information on the characteristics implied by this initial study.
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Wilson's reason was that the transcription of such detail for all the 1,365 billets being used was not possible.
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Second, infested billets must be stored and monitored carefully, because the developing larvae are subject to predation from rodents and ants, particularly when the bark splits as it dries.
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