billet-doux

• n. 情书

法语词。来自bill, 文件，书信。doux, 甜，同dulcet, 甜美的。

billet-doux (n.)

also billet doux, 1670s, "love letter," French, literally "sweet note," from billet "document, note" (14c., diminutive of bille; see bill (n.1)) + doux "sweet," from Latin dulcis (see dulcet).

1. Soldiers were billet ed in all the houses of the village.

士兵被分配到全村的老百姓家里住宿.

来自《现代英汉综合大词典》

2. We arrange with the townspeople to billet the students.

我们和镇上人协商给学生提供宿舍.

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3. The old mansion served as the soldiers'billet for a week.

士兵在那所古宅里住了一个星期.

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4. He landed a lucrative billet with a publishing house.

他在一家出版社里谋到一个报酬很高的职位.

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5. Every bullet has its billet.

每颗子弹都有归宿,命中注定无法逃.

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