billets-doux n. 情书 (billet-doux的变形)
- And once we lose the ability to use a pen and paper, it's only a matter of time until we can no longer decipher previous generations' billets-doux.
同时,一旦我们失去了使用纸和笔的能力,我们再也不能解读前人的情书只是一个时间问题。 - While cleaning out her parents' basement, Amy stumbled upon a box containing billets-doux written by her dad to his high-school sweetheart—her mom.
在清理她父母的地下室时,艾米偶然发现了一个装有情书的盒子,这封情书是她的父亲写给他高中的恋人——她的妈妈的。
Billet-doux \Bil`let-doux"\ (b[i^]l`l[asl]*d[=oo]"), n.; pl.
{Billets-doux} (b[i^]l`l[asl]*d[=oo]z"). [F. billet note +
doux sweet, L. dulcis.]
A love letter or note.
A lover chanting out a billet-doux. --Spectator.