billeted(多作过去分词/形容词):(尤指士兵)被安排住宿、被强制分派住处;也可指被派驻/被安置在某地。常见于军事或战时语境。(动词原形:billet)
/ˈbɪlɪtɪd/
The soldiers were billeted in local homes.
士兵被安排住进当地居民家中。
After the evacuation, the regiment was billeted in a half-abandoned school on the edge of town, where the cold corridors echoed at night.
撤离之后,这支团被安置在城郊一所半废弃的学校里,夜里寒冷的走廊回声阵阵。
billet 源自法语 billet,原意是“便条、纸条、票据”。后来在军事语境中引申为“给士兵的住宿分派单/驻扎令”,再进一步发展出动词含义“给(士兵)安排住处”。billeted 即其过去式/过去分词形式。