1.bill用作动词时的意思是“送账单”,指将账单送到某处来领取相应的钱数。引申还可指“用招贴、广告等宣布”。bill有时还指“谈情说爱,接吻”。
2.bill为及物动词,其后接名词或代词作宾语,有时可接双宾语。bill还可接以动词不定式或as短语充当补足语的复合宾语,此时常用于被动结构。
3.bill常接介词for,表示“把…账单送到(某人)处”,其句型为“bill sb for sth ”。

bill and coo
(男女)相互亲吻,(低声地)谈情说爱 (boy and girl) kiss each other, talk love
They sat there billing and cooing till after midnight.他们坐在那儿谈情说爱直到深夜。
The park was full of lovers billing and cooing under the tress.公园树下尽是谈情说爱的情侣。
He took his girlfriend home after the party and they stayed in the car billing and cooing for a long time before she went into her house.聚会以后他送女友回家,他俩呆在车里谈情说爱,过了好久他的女友才进屋里去。

用作及物动词
▲S+～+n./pron.
I cannot pay for the books now.Will you bill me later?这些书我现在不能付款,事后给我寄账单来好吗?
We'll bill you next week for your purchases.下周我们将把你购的物品开账单给你。
The store billed me for goods I bought.这家商店将我买货物的所有账单寄给我。
◇ 用于be ～ed结构
The new actor was billed for this week.这位演员已贴出海报,本周登台献艺。
The play is billed for next week.海报预告这出戏将于下周上演。
用作双宾动词
▲S+～+pron./n.+n./pron.
They billed me ten dollars for the two books.这两本书他们要我付10美元。
用作宾补动词
▲S+～+n./pron.+as n./adj.
◇ 用于be ～ed结构
He's billed as Hamlet.海报预告哈姆雷特由他扮演。
It's been billed as the race of the year.海报上宣传这是本年度的大赛。
The following election is being billed as the most important in 30 years.据宣布,即将到来的选举是30年来最为重要的选举。
▲S+～+n./pron.+to-v
◇ 用于be ～ed结构
He is billed to appear as Othello.他已被列入节目单内扮演奥赛罗。

［同义词］ n. account, charge, invoice, statement
［词源］  ＜拉丁语bulla(封口盖了图章的文件)

1.bill作“账单”解时指记载各种费用的总数的单子;作“广告,节目单”解时指用以宣传某件事或通知具体内容的招贴;作“议案”解时通常是指由权威机构提出、由议会等讨论的重大决策;作“钞票”解时指纸币。在苏格兰英语里, bill还可指“鸟嘴”,但并不多见。
2.bill为可数名词,但一般不用形容词修饰。

fill〔fit〕 the bill
适合需要,合乎要求 be adequate or suitable for a specific purpose
As a general manager he isn't filling the bill.他当总经理不称职。
He is the right person for the job.He will fit the bill.他是这项工作的最佳人选,他一定会称职的。
If you're very hungry a double helping of spaghetti should fit the bill!要是很饿的话,吃两份意大利面条就行了。

foot〔meet〕 the bill
付账,负担全部费用 charge
If our plan succeeded, the boss was to meet the bill.如果我们的计划成功的话,这个老板将负担所有的费用。

head〔top〕 the bill
挂头牌,领衔主演 be the most important item or person on a list or a programme of entertainments
She is a film star and headed the bill in several films.她是一名影星,已经领衔主演过好几部电影了。
She topped the bill at the Palace Theatre.她在皇宫剧院里演主角。

kill the bill
拒绝议案 refuse a bill
The government intended to kill the bill.政府想否决该提案。
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sell a bill of goods
以花言巧语骗得(某人)同意 agree
▲sell sb a bill of goods
He tried to sell me a bill of goods, but I wouldn't listen to him.他想以花言巧语骗得我的同意,可我根本就不听他的。

When Alma's husband discovered a large bill for a new fur coat among her correspondence, he blew his top.阿尔玛的丈夫在她的信札中发现一张钱数很大的新皮大衣的账单时大为恼火。
His hotel bill comes to 20 pounds.他的旅馆账款总共是20英镑。
Ask the waiter to bring the bill.让侍者把账单拿来。
The electricity bill is overdue.电费账单过期未付。
This last thing will bring the bill to over ￡500.这最后一件东西使得账单上的金额超过了五百镑。
The garage sent us a bill for repairing our car.汽车修理厂给我们寄来了修车的账单。
The six hours a week that I work bring in enough to pay the gas and electricity bills.我每周工作6小时可挣到足够的钱来支付煤气费和电费。
The bill for the repairs came to ￡650.修理费总计达650英镑。
Post no bills!禁止招贴!
There were some famous names on the bill.有几个名角上场。
They will bring in a parliamentary bill.他们将提出一项国会提案。
The opposition blocked the passage of the bill through parliament.反对党阻止议会通过那项法案。
The bill for new taxes will be voted on by the Senate today.新税议案将于今天在参议院表决。
The three bills were brought in block for discussion.这三个议案一同提出讨论。
A new bill will be brought in to deal with these problems.将提出一个新的法案来处理这些问题。
A bill was brought in to abolish the death penalty.废除死刑的法案被提出来了。

bill, account, invoice
参见account条。
bill, beak
参见beak条。
bill, note
这两个词的意思都是“钞票”,二者的用法基本相同,经常可以互换使用。其主要的区别在于:bill为美国用词,而note为英国用词。例如:
I have five one-dollar bills.我有五张1美元的钞票。
She gave me four five-pound notes.她给了我四张5英镑的纸币。