billet-doux
坯料,坯布
Definitions
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plural bil·lets-doux [bil-ey-dooz, bil-ee-; French bee-yey-doo]. /ˈbɪl eɪˈduz, ˈbɪl i-; French bi yeɪˈdu/.
- : a love letter.
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.