English Dictionary

billet

/ˈbɪlɪt/

noun

A place where a soldier is assigned to lodge. / Temporary lodgings in a private residence, such as is organised for members of a visiting sports team. / An allocated space or berth in a boat or ship.

The soldier was assigned to a billet near the base.

意味（1）

A place where a soldier is assigned to lodge.

Nothing was too small to receive attention, if a supervising eye could suggest improvements likely to conduce to the common welfare. Mr. Gordon Burnage, for instance, personally visited dust-bins and back premises, accompanied by a sort of village bailiff, going his round like a commanding officer doing billets.

意味（2）

Temporary lodgings in a private residence, such as is organised for members of a visiting sports team.

意味（3）

An allocated space or berth in a boat or ship.

The skipper Mr. Cooke had hired at Far Harbor was a God-fearing man with a luke warm interest in his new billet and employer, and had only been prevailed upon to take charge of the yacht after the offer of an emolument equal to half a year's sea pay of an ensign in the navy.

意味（4）

(figuratively) Berth; position.

His shafts of satire fly straight to their billet, and there they rankle.