billet

詳細解釋：

billet

n.（名詞）

Lodging for troops.
軍隊的宿舍
A written order directing that such lodging be provided.
軍隊要求民宿的命令：向軍人提供膳宿的書面命令
A position of employment; a job.
僱傭職位；工作
Archaic A short letter; a note.
【古語】 簡訊；便條
v.（動詞）
bil.let.ed,bil.let.ing,bil.lets
v.tr.（及物動詞）

To lodge (soldiers).
宿營（士兵）
To serve (a person) with a written order to provide lodging for soldiers.
把為士兵提供民宿的命令給（個人）
To assign lodging to.
分配宿舍
v.intr.（不及物動詞）
To be quartered; lodge.
安排住宿；住宿

來源：
Middle English [official register]
中古英文 [官方記錄]
from Old French billette
源自 古法文 billette
from bullette [diminutive of] bulle [document]
源自 bullette [] bulle的小後綴 [檔案]
from Medieval Latin bulla [document, seal] * see bill
源自 中世紀拉丁語 bulla [檔案，密印] *參見 bill

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billet
billet 2

n.（名詞）
A short, thick piece of wood, especially one used as firewood.
短木柴：短而厚的木頭，尤指用作木柴
One of a series of regularly spaced, log-shaped segments used horizontally as ornamentation in the moldings of Norman architecture.
錯齒飾：一系列整齊隔開的圓木段之一，在諾曼第建築裝飾平條上用作水平方向的裝飾物

A small, usually rectangular bar of iron or steel in an intermediate stage of manufacture.
坯段：製造過程中的一小條鐵或鋼，通常為長方形的坯段
A small ingot of nonferrous metal.
小型的非金屬鑄塊

The part of a harness strap that passes through a buckle.
扣環的皮帶：穿過皮帶扣環的皮帶的一部分
A loop or pocket for securing the end of a buckled harness strap.
為弄緊緊扣的皮帶末端的環或口袋

來源：
Middle English
中古英文
from Old French billette [diminutive of] bille [log]
源自 古法文 billette [] bille的小後綴 [圓木]
from Vulgar Latin *bilia
源自 俗拉丁語 *bilia
[possibly of Celtic origin]
[可能源自凱爾特語]