bill
n
1 (esp Brit) (US check) written statement of money owed for goods or services supplied 帳單
telephone, gas, heating bills 電話、煤氣、暖氣帳單
a bill for 5 一張5英鎊的帳單
Have you paid the bill? 你付帳了嗎?
2 written or printed advertisement; notice; poster, placard 廣告; 招貼; 海報(bào); 告示
Stick no bills! ie Sticking posters, etc here is forbidden. 禁止招貼!
3 programme of entertainment (at a cinema, theatre, etc) (電影院、劇場(chǎng)等的)節(jié)目單
a horror double bill (ie programme consisting of two horror films) on TV 一張介紹兩部恐怖片子的電視節(jié)目單.
4 draft of a proposed law, to be discussed by a parliament (提交議會(huì)討論的)法案
propose, pass, throw out, amend a bill 提出[通過(guò)/否決/修訂]一項(xiàng)議案
The Industrial Relations Bill. 勞資關(guān)系法案.
5 (US) = note1: a ten-dollar bill 一張十元鈔票.
6 (idm 習(xí)語(yǔ)) a clean bill of health => clean1. fill/fit the `bill be adequate or suitable (for a specific purpose) 適合於(某一目的)
If you're very hungry a double helping of spaghetti should fit the bill! 要是很餓的話, 吃兩份意大利細(xì)面條就行了! foot the bill => foot2. head/top the `bill be the most important item or person on a list or a programme of entertainments 清單或節(jié)目單上最主要的節(jié)目或角色
She topped the bill at the Palace Theatre. 她在皇宮劇院演主角. bill, v
1 [Tn, Tn.pr]
~ sb (for sth) send sb a bill (for sth) 送交某人帳單(要求為某事物付帳)
I can't pay for the books now. Will you bill me (for them) later? 這些書(shū)我現(xiàn)在不能付款, 事後給我寄帳單來(lái)好嗎?
2 [Tnt esp passive 尤用於被動(dòng)語(yǔ)態(tài)]
announce or advertise; put in a programme 宣布; 貼廣告; 列入節(jié)目單
He is billed to (ie It is announced that he will) appear as Othello. 已把他列入節(jié)目單內(nèi), 將扮演奧賽羅.
bill n
1 bird's beak (鳥(niǎo)的)嘴, 喙. =>illus at App 1 見(jiàn)附錄1之插圖, page v.
2 (esp in geographical names 尤用於地理名稱) narrow promontory 岬; 岬角
Portland Bill 波特蘭海岬. bill, v
1 [I] (of doves) stroke each other with their beaks (指鴿子)接嘴.
2 (idm 習(xí)語(yǔ)) bill and `coo (infml 口) (of lovers) exchange kisses and loving whispers (指情人間)接吻及談情.
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Bill Gates→ 支票之門(mén){比爾蓋茨是世界上最富有的人} 看了6次(6)病(ill),付 賬單花了很多 鈔票