单词 | billed |
释义 | billedadj.1 Furnished with a bill; having a beak, spike, etc. (Usually in compounds, as long-billed, broad-billed, soft-billed, etc.) ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > parts of or bird defined by > [adjective] > having beak or bill billed1399 beaked1589 the world > animals > animal body > general parts > head and neck > [adjective] > having a snout > of the beak > having a beak billed1399 rostrous1651 rostrated1797 beak-bearing1830 rostriferous1852 beaked1869 1399 W. Langland Richard Redeles iii. 37 All billid breddis þat þe bough spareth. a1522 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid (1960) xi. xiii. 20 The weil stelit and braid billit ax. 1583 D. Ingram in R. Hakluyt Princ. Navigations (1589) iii. 560 A Flamingo..is bigger than a Goose, billed like a Shouell. 1625 F. Bacon Ess. (new ed.) xiii. 67 A long Billed Fowle. 1770 G. White Let. 1 Aug. in Nat. Hist. Selborne (1789) 83 Hard-billed birds subsist on seeds. 1847 W. B. Carpenter Zool.: Systematic Acct. I. §385 Dentirostres, or toothed-billed Birds, which are characterized by a notch or tooth near the extremity of the upper mandible. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online December 2021). billedadj.2 1. Entered in a bill or list; spec. (see quot. 1873). ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military organization > [adjective] > entered in a bill or list billed1873 1873 W. W. Knollys Dict. Mil. Terms Billed, a term exclusively confined to the Foot Guards. It means that a man's name is placed in the list or bill of those who are to undergo drill and confinement to barracks. Hence a ‘billed man’. 2. Announced or advertised by a bill. (See bill v.3 4.) ΘΚΠ society > communication > information > publishing or spreading abroad > publishing or spreading by leaflets or notices > [adjective] > billed or posted posted1648 placarded1854 screened1867 billed1895 postered1916 1895 Westm. Gaz. 18 July 8/1 The..train reached Aberdeen at 6.46..or fourteen minutes before the billed time of arrival. 1897 Daily News 22 May 5/7 The establishment of a boldly billed enclosure for lost children. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.11399adj.21873 |
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