单词 | booked up |
释义 | > as lemmasbooked up booked up adj. †(a) U.S. colloquial (of a person) instructed in books, well read; cf. sense 2 (obsolete); (b) fully or mostly committed, reserved, etc.; busy, full; cf. sense 4. ΚΠ 1846 North Amer. (Philadelphia) 9 Mar. It is not to be expected that they could be ‘booked up’ in the literary way.., for the flood of magazine literature is so great that none but those identified with the business can be supposed to be familiar with its history. 1850 W. H. Prescott Let. 26 June in G. Ticknor Life W. H. Prescott (1882) xxi. 292 I am booked up for dinners to the middle of July. 1871 Glasgow Herald 8 May 5/4 They are all booked up with orders to cover old stocks. 1893 Washington Post 29 Oct. 10/2 Congressman Harter, of Ohio, is a practical student and well booked up on economics, especially on banking. 1911 J. Vincent in Rep. Labour & Social Conditions in Germany (Tariff Reform League) III. Nos. vi–vii. 52 We found..the trades were busy and well booked up with orders. 1993 Guardian 4 Aug. ii. 8/3 The Bach flower remedy workshops..are all booked up. 2004 J. Mansell One you really Want xiv. 81 Marco′s flying over to LA on Saturday morning. He′s an A-list nail technician, booked up for months ahead. < as lemmas |
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