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单词 billed
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billedadj.1

Brit. /bɪld/, U.S. /bɪld/
Etymology: < bill n.1, bill n.2
Furnished with a bill; having a beak, spike, etc. (Usually in compounds, as long-billed, broad-billed, soft-billed, etc.)
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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

Brit. /bɪld/, U.S. /bɪld/
Etymology: < bill v.3
1. Entered in a bill or list; spec. (see quot. 1873).
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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.)
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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).
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