英汉词典

bill 基本解释

• n. [法] 法案；广告；账单；[金融] 票据；钞票；清单
• vt. 宣布；开账单；用海报宣传

bill 词态变化

bill 中文词源

1.法案，词源同ball, 球，此处指小蜡球。指旧时官方文件通常用封蜡封印，代指官方文件。

2.鸟喙， 来自PIE *bheie, 砍，劈，可能同bite, boat.

bill 英文词源

bill

bill: There are three distinct words bill in English (not counting the proper name), and of them all, the most recent is the commonest. Bill ‘note of charges’ [14] comes from Anglo-Latin billa, which is probably a variant of Latin bulla ‘_document, seal’ (as in ‘papal bull’). English billet [15], as in ‘billeting soldiers on a house’, was originally a diminutive form of billa (French billet ‘letter’ comes from the same source). Bill ‘hook-bladed weapon’ [OE], now found mainly in billhook, comes from a prehistoric West Germanic *bilja, which may be based ultimately on Indo-European *bhid-, source of English bite. Bill ‘beak’ [OE] may be related to bill ‘weapon’, but this is not clear.

The verbal sense ‘caress’, as in ‘bill and coo’, is 16th-century; it arose from the courting behaviour of doves stroking each other’s beaks.
=> billet

bill (n.1)

"written statement," mid-14c., from Anglo-French bille, Anglo-Latin billa "list," from Medieval Latin bulla "decree, seal, sealed document," in classical Latin "bubble, boss, stud, amulet for the neck" (hence "seal;" see bull (n.2)). Sense of "account, invoice" first recorded c. 1400; that of "order to pay" (technically bill of exchange) is from 1570s; that of "paper money" is from 1660s. Meaning "draft of an act of Parliament" is from 1510s.

bill (n.2)

"bird's beak," Old English bill "bill, bird's beak," related to bill, a poetic word for a kind of sword (especially one with a hooked blade), from a common Germanic word for cutting or chopping weapons (compare Old High German bihal, Old Norse bilda "hatchet," Old Saxon bil "sword"), from PIE root *bheie- "to cut, to strike" (cognates: Armenian bir "cudgel," Greek phitos "block of wood," Old Church Slavonic biti "to strike," Old Irish biail "ax"). Used also in Middle English of beak-like projections of land (such as Portland Bill).

bill (v.)

"to send someone a bill of charge," 1864, from bill (n.1). Related: Billed; billing.

bill (n.3)

ancient weapon, Old English bill "sword (especially one with a hooked blade), chopping tool," common Germanic (compare Old Saxon bil "sword," Middle Dutch bile, Dutch bijl, Old High German bihal, German Beil, Old Norse bilda "hatchet." See bill (n.2).

bill 词组搭配

bill 英文释义

1. a statute in draft before it becomes law;

"they held a public hearing on the bill"

2. an itemized statement of money owed for goods shipped or services rendered;

"he paid his bill and left"

"send me an account of what I owe"

3. a piece of paper money (especially one issued by a central bank);

"he peeled off five one-thousand-zloty notes"

4. the entertainment offered at a public presentation

5. a list of particulars (as a playbill or bill of fare)

6. an advertisement (usually printed on a page or in a leaflet) intended for wide distribution;

"he mailed the circular to all subscribers"

7. horny projecting mouth of a bird

8. a sign posted in a public place as an advertisement;

"a poster advertised the coming attractions"

9. a long-handled saw with a curved blade;

"he used a bill to prune branches off of the tree"

10. a brim that projects to the front to shade the eyes;

"he pulled down the bill of his cap and trudged ahead"

bill 双语例句

1. You have to pay your outstanding bill before joining the scheme.

在参加该项目之前必须结清余账。

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2. The waiter returned with their order and Graham signed the bill.

侍者把他们点的餐端了过来，格雷厄姆签了单。

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3. The administration has now endorsed the bill and can't turn back.

政府部门如今已经签署了那项法案，没有挽回的余地。

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4. It's been 200 years since the passage of the Bill of Rights.

《人权法案》通过已经200年了。

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5. Come on, Bill. Send Tom a card and make his day.

来吧，比尔。给汤姆寄张卡片让他高兴高兴吧。

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bill 实用场景例句

Let's ask for the bill.

我们结账吧。

牛津词典

a ten-dollar bill

一张十元的钞票

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to introduce/approve/reject a bill

提出 / 通过 / 否决一项议案

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the Education Reform Bill

教育改革法案

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a horror double bill (= two horror films/movies shown one after the other)

双场恐怖片节目单

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Topping the bill (= the most important performer) is Robbie Williams.

领衔演出的是罗比·威廉斯。

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long-billed waders

长嘴涉禽

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On paper, several of the applicants fit the bill.

从书面材料看，有几位申请人符合条件。

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Please bill me for the books.

请就所购的书开列账单。

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He was billed as the new Tom Cruise.

他被宣传为新汤姆·克鲁斯。

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She was billed to speak on ‘China─Yesterday and Today ’.

据宣传她要发表题为“中国——昨天和今天”的演讲。

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the telephone/electricity/gas bill

电话费 / 电费 / 煤气费账单

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We ran up a massive hotel bill .

我们累积了大笔的旅馆费。

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She always pays her bills on time.

她总是按时支付账单。

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The bills are piling up (= there are more and more that have still not been paid) .

账单越积越多。

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President Mitterrand, 75, has been given a clean bill of health by doctors in Paris.

巴黎的医生们告诉75岁的密特朗总统，他的身体非常健康。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

Who is footing the bill for her extravagant holiday?

谁会为她奢侈的假日买单？

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She was billed to play the Red Queen in Snow White.

海报宣传她会扮演《白雪公主》中的“红王后”。

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They bill it as Britain's most exciting museum.

他们宣称它是英国最有趣的博物馆。

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If you fit the bill, send a CV to Rebecca Rees.

如果你符合要求，就寄一份简历给丽贝卡·里斯。

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The bill was approved by a large majority.

这项法案得到了绝大多数人的支持。

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This is the toughest crime bill that Congress has passed in a decade...

这是十年来国会通过的最严厉的一项刑事法案。

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They couldn't afford to pay the bills...

他们无力支付这些账单。

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He paid his bill for the newspapers promptly.

他立即支付了订报费。

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Are you going to bill me for this?

你们会给我开这个的账单吗？

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...a large quantity of US dollar bills.

大量的美钞

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