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词汇 billy
释义 billy
noun[ C ]
uk /ˈbɪl.i/ us /ˈbɪl.i/

billynoun[C] (CONTAINER)


UK(alsobillycan)
a metal container used for cooking outside over a fire(供野外烹饪用的)金属罐
 
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SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Camping
backpack
bivvy
bivvy sack
boondocking
camp stove
campcraft
camper
camping ground
encamp
flysheet
groundcloth
lean-to
party tent
peg
peg out
pop-up tent
Primus stove
pup tent
tent
yurt

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Pots & pans

billynoun[C] (STICK)


US
a billy club警棍
 
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Poles, rods, shafts and sticks
bar
bargepole
baton
billy club
boathook
bollard
lathi-charge
lightning conductor
litter grabber
litter pick
litter picker
mast
pointer
shaft
stake
telegraph pole
telephone pole
tent pole
totem pole
trash grabber

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The police generally
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Often you know by the stars how long it will be before daylight, and stir up the fire, put on the billy, and get the saddles and packs in order. 
She showed me a sore on her arm, and the thought struck me that I would boil some water in the billy and wash her arm with a sponge. 
The fire was only alight ten minutes at the most, and you can't cook anything or boil a billy in that time, I know. 
Then, after boiling the billy and eating some fearfully tough corned meat, we get into the boat again, hoist our sail, and land at the little township just after dark. 

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Accessories to the figure include the two billy clubs that the character uses.
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Bugs begins his campaign by attacking a guard with his own billy club.
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The painting depicts an itinerant family; a woman with her child on her lap and a man boiling a billy for tea.
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The lime residue left over from the wet lime process was one of the first true toxic wastes, a material called blue billy.
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General-purpose pot handles, often called "billy-grips", can be bought separately or may be supplied with a set of billies.
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The police responded with tear gas and billy clubs.
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I'd put it at the top of my rock-a-billy collection, which is pretty good sized.
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The stories were told around the fire while the billy boiled; the fire and the stories combining to offer a feeling of security.
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Each of the games involves a race over air, water or land in a particular type of vehicle, such as an airplane, billy cart or jet board.
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Realistic language examples following this same pattern, known as partial duplications or "modified duplications" include "okey-dokey", "silly-billy", "mumbo-jumbo" and "super-duper" which use the first letter as the point of modification.
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Generally they had a swag (canvas bedroll), a tucker bag (bag for carrying food) and some cooking implements which may have included a billy can (tea pot or stewing pot).
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In the following 6 years, the artist roster grew to encompass a variety of musical genres (punk, indie, rock-a-billy); generally falling under the label alternative rock.
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Banners displayed the overlooker's strap, or the billy roller.
The idiom 'puffin billy' in the third paragraph is informal; the informality gives the passage an easy feel to it, a user-friendly approach.
Billy continues to ignore them.
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