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billet doux

/bil-ey-doo, bil-ee-; French bee-yey-doo/US // ˈbɪl eɪˈdu, ˈbɪl i-; French bi yeɪˈdu //UK // (ˌbɪlɪˈduː, French bijɛdu) //

坯料,坯布,坯体,坯件

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural bil·lets-doux [bil-ey-dooz, bil-ee-; French bee-yey-doo]. /ˈbɪl eɪˈduz, ˈbɪl i-; French bi yeɪˈdu/.

    • : a love letter.

Synonyms & Antonyms

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Synonyms
cannonball炮弹,炮仗,大炮弹,炮击card卡,卡片,贺卡,卡卡communication通讯,交流,通信,交流沟通dispatch派遣,派出所,派遣人员,调遣invite邀约,邀,征求意见,征求意见稿kite风筝,纸鸢,纸鹞,纸牌line线,行,路线,线条memo备忘录message信息,消息,讯息,留言missive短信,误报,信笺,误传note备注,注,注意,说明postcard明信片,明信,明信片上,明卡scratch划伤,挠痒痒,刮擦,刮伤tab标签,选项卡,选项,卡卡fyi告知书,告知,告知您,告知你get-well痊愈,疗养,好起来,好转love letter情书,情信,爱情信,爱书poison pen毒笔,毒筆,毒药笔,毒针笔thank-you谢谢你,谢谢,谢谢您,感谢你

Examples

  • Raymond Depardon: Un Moment Si Doux is on display at Grand Palais, Paris until February 10, 2014.

  • The billets-doux Petraeus sent to his paramour-cum-biographer on an unencrypted Gmail account!

  • He doesn't believe in my zeal for efficiency at Mudros; he thinks my little plan is to work General Ellison into the billet.

  • What were invasions and armies—what were kings and kingdoms—to the slightest wish of the being who had written this billet?

  • One end of the bar is flattened and pierced with small holes, while at the other a billet of wood is suspended from a chain.

  • Afterwards I hurried to my billet and hastily packed up all my kit, and marched the regiment down to the trenches.

  • In passing through the yard, the leader of the band fell over a billet of wood, and received a momentary hurt from the fall.

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