- 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.
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- 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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