- Zoology The respiratory organ of most aquatic animals that breathe water to obtain oxygen, consisting of a filamentous structure of vascular membranes across which dissolved gases are exchanged.【动物学】 鳃：大多数水生动物吸取水中氧气的呼吸器官，是由单纤维结的脉管组织膜组成，通过它分解的气体来交换
- Often gills The wattle of a bird. 常作 gills 鸟的垂肉
- gills Informal The area around the chin and neck. gills 【非正式用语】 下颚的部分：下巴和颈部周围的部分
- Botany One of the thin, platelike structures on the underside of the cap of a mushroom or similar fungus.【植物学】 菌褶：蘑菇或类似的真菌帽下面的瘦长而扁平的组织
- To catch (fish) in a gill net.用刺网捕鱼
- To gut or clean (fish).取出或清除鱼的内脏
- To become entangled in a gill net. Used of fish.被缠在刺网中，多用于鱼
- As full as possible; completely.尽可能完整的；完全的
- Middle English gile [of Scandinavian origin] 中古英语 gile [源自斯堪的纳维亚语]
gill
- A unit of volume or capacity in the U.S. Customary System, used in liquid measure, equal to ¼ of a pint or four ounces (118 milliliters).吉耳：美国传统系统中的强度和容量单位，用来测量液体，相当于¼品脱或4 盎司（118毫升）
- A unit of volume or capacity, used in dry and liquid measure, equal to ¼ of a British Imperial pint (142 milliliters). See table at measurement 吉耳：体积或容量单位，用来计量固体或液体，相当于¼英国标准品脱（142毫升） 参见 measurement
- Middle English gille 中古英语 gille
- from Old French [wine measure] 源自 古法语 [酒量单位]
- from Late Latin gillō [vessel for cooling liquids] 源自 后期拉丁语 gillō [用来乘放冷却液体的容器]
gill
- A ravine.峡谷，沟壑
- A narrow stream.涧流：狭窄的溪流
- Middle English gille 中古英语 gille
- from Old Norse gil 源自 古斯堪的纳维亚语 gil
gill
- A girl, often one's sweetheart.爱人，姑娘：女孩，常指某人的情人
- Middle English gille 中古英语 gille
- from Gille [a woman's name] 源自 Gille [妇女的名字]