Word · Frequency #22554
billet
安置（士兵等）；安排住宿
to assign soldiers or guests to a lodging, usually by order, or to be quartered in a private house
- 1.
To lodge soldiers, or guests, usually by order.
通常根据命令为士兵或客人提供住宿。
- 2.
To lodge, or be quartered, in a private house.
在私人房屋中住宿或安排住宿。
- 3.
To direct, by a ticket or note, where to lodge.
通过票或便条指示住宿地点。
通常根据命令为士兵或客人提供住宿。；在私人房屋中住宿或安排住宿。；通过票或便条指示住宿地点。
In use
The soldiers were billetted in a local school during the war.
The army is billeting troops in private homes.
The commander billets his men in the village each time they pass through.
Verb forms
base billet · third person billets · -ing billeting · past billetted · past participle billetted
规则动词，但需双写t
Connections
Collocations
- billet troops in
- 把部队安置在…住宿
- The commander billeted troops in the old schoolhouse.指挥官把部队安置在旧校舍里住宿。
- be billeted at
- 被安排在某处住宿
- The soldiers were billeted at a local inn.士兵们被安排在当地一家小旅馆住宿。
- be billeted with
- 被安排与…同住
- The evacuees were billeted with families in the countryside.疏散人员被安排与乡下的家庭同住。
- billet on
- 把…安置在…住宿
- The regiment was billeted on the townspeople.这个团被安置在镇民家中住宿。
Synonyms
- quarter
- （尤指军队）驻扎、安置 · 与billet同为军事或正式用语，常指按命令分配营房或住处；比lodge更正式。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
把 billet 想成 bill + let：长官开个条子(bill)，让(let)士兵住进民房。条子一开，住宿就定了。
Context & Register
语域：formal 常见场景：军事命令、历史叙事、正式文书 billet 作动词时多用于军事或正式语境，表示按命令为士兵等安排住宿；日常口语中较少见，可用 quarter 或 accommodate 替代。
Grammar Note
过去式、过去分词为billetted，现在分词为billeting，第三人称单数为billets。
Pronunciation & Spelling
All six words end in the letters -et, which is pronounced /ɪt/ here. Billet /ˈbɪlət/ ends in /lət/, so these are lookalikes rather than perfect rhymes. Bullet and wallet are especially close in spelling, and skillet is closest in sound but still has /ɪt/ instead of /ət/.
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