Word · Frequency #837
bill
开账单；收费
to send a bill to (someone); to charge
- 1.
To advertise by a bill or public notice.
用海报或公告宣传
- 2.
to stroke bill against bill, with reference to doves; to caress in fondness
(鸽子等)互啄喙；亲昵地抚摸
- 3.
To dig, chop, etc., with a bill.
用鹤嘴锄等挖掘或砍削
- 4.
To charge; to send a bill to.
向......收费；给......寄账单
宣传；做广告；（鸽子等）碰喙；亲昵抚摸；用镐挖掘；砍削；用海报或公告宣传；(鸽子等)互啄喙；亲昵地抚摸
In use
The restaurant billed us for the wine we ordered.
Our lawyer bills clients by the hour.
The mechanic is billing me for the new parts.
Verb forms
base bill · third person bills · -ing billing · past billed · past participle billed
规则动词
Connections
Collocations
- bill someone for something
- 就某物向某人收费
- The hotel billed me for the extra night.酒店就额外一晚的费用向我收费。
- be billed as something
- 被宣传为某物
- The show is billed as a family-friendly musical.这场演出被宣传为适合全家观看的音乐剧。
- be billed to do something
- 据宣传将做某事
- The president is billed to address the summit tomorrow.据宣传，总统明天将在峰会上发表讲话。
- bill and coo
- 卿卿我我；亲昵
- The newlyweds were billing and cooing by the window.这对新婚夫妇在窗边卿卿我我。
Idioms & figurative uses
- bill and coo
- 卿卿我我；亲昵地低声交谈The couple spent the whole evening billing and cooing in the corner.
Learner notes
Memory Tip
联想：bill本义是一张纸单，动词就是把这张单子发给别人——寄账单收费或贴海报宣传。
Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：商务往来、客户服务、收费通知 作动词表示“给…寄账单/收费”时，语气比较中性，通常用于商务、客服或专业服务等实际场景，多出现在书面或工作场合。
Grammar Note
As a verb, 'bill' is transitive; it requires a direct object (e.g., bill someone for something).
Pronunciation & Spelling
这些词均与 bill 的发音 /bɪl/ 押韵，且拼写都以 -ill 结尾：fill, hill, pill, mill, still, skill。注意：bile（/baɪl/）和 bell（/bɛl/）与 bill 拼写相近，但发音不同。
High-value vocabulary
该词属于 Oxford 核心词汇，值得优先掌握常见搭配和句型。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 4，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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