a place, especially a civilian's house, where soldiers are lodged temporarily 士兵临时宿营地(尤指民房) ■(informal)a place to stop or stay (非正式)停留(或小住)的地方 the young people's stay at each of their billets was short. 那些年轻人在各自停留的地方待的时间很短。
(billeted, billeting)
[with obj.andadverbial of place](常作 be billeted)lodge (soldiers) in a particular place, especially a civilian's house 给(军人)安排宿营地(尤指安排在民房) he didn't belong to the regiment billeted at the Hall. 他不属于安排在会堂宿营的那个团。 ■assign temporary accommodation to 给…安排临时住处 the American team was billeted at Uxbridge. 美国队被安排住在欧克斯桥。
派生 语源
late Middle English (originally denoting a short written document): from Anglo-Norman French billette, diminutive of bille (see bill)The verb is recorded in the late 16th cent., and the noun sense'a written order requiring a householder to lodge the bearer, usually a soldier', from the mid 17th cent.; hence the current meaning
billet2 noun
a thick piece of wood 厚木料,粗木材 ■a small bar of metal for further processing 金属坯料,短金属条 ■(Architecture)each of a series of short cylindrical pieces inserted at intervals in Norman decorative mouldings (建筑)错齿式粉刷线脚 ■(Heraldry)a rectangle placed vertically as a charge (纹章)直立长方形图形
语源
late Middle English : from Old French billette and billot, diminutives of bille 'tree trunk', from medieval Latin billa, billus 'branch, trunk', probably of Celtic origin