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单词 book
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This is not the first book about him.We booked our favourite hotel because this was to be our last visit.Its prices include car rental and it can book flights.We concluded that the form book did fly out of the window but not very far. People are booking their summer holiday for next year now.All the time a book keeps them company.He said these are my life story books.We were also writing the book together.The best way to keep costs down is to book in advance and take advantage of any voucher codes.My next book is about football.When people read the book they will see the real respect many people have for him.Why pick up one of my books on church planting?The ref booked players for pulling shirts all night so he had to go.Nine per cent said that booking a holiday was the main cause of conflict at work.He plans to write a book about his experience.For proof we need look no further than a new book.Now see this classic picture book brought to life.This is useless to you as you expect only to book flights in future.Use your tokens with the booking form online.The company can book campsites and provide picnic baskets and electric bikes.You can also book hotels and cars.These are presented in the third part of the book.My eye ran along the book shelves.You can always book another class to hone your skills.These tables have been booked weeks in advance.The designer was furious when she heard about the book.How many of his other books could you name?That part of her life was a closed book and to open it would cause her terrible distress.The result was the most interesting and important book about football to appear inItaly.A referee will book a diver only when he is almost absurdly certain that a dive has taken place.

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book

British English: book /bʊk/ NOUN
A book consists of pieces of paper, usually with words printed on them, which are fastened together and fixed inside a cover of strong paper or cardboard.
His eighth book was an instant best-seller.
  • American English: book
  • Arabic: كِتَاب
  • Brazilian Portuguese: livro
  • Chinese:
  • Croatian: knjiga
  • Czech: kniha
  • Danish: bog
  • Dutch: boek
  • European Spanish: libro
  • Finnish: kirja
  • French: livre lire
  • German: Buch
  • Greek: βιβλίο
  • Italian: libro
  • Japanese: 書物
  • Korean:
  • Norwegian: bok
  • Polish: książka
  • European Portuguese: livro
  • Romanian: carte
  • Russian: книга
  • Latin American Spanish: libro
  • Swedish: bok läsa
  • Thai: หนังสือ
  • Turkish: kitap
  • Ukrainian: книжка
  • Vietnamese: sách
British English: book /bʊk/ VERB
When you book something such as a hotel room or a ticket, you arrange to have it or use it at a particular time.
I have booked a table in the restaurant.
  • American English: reserve
  • Arabic: يَحْجِزُ
  • Brazilian Portuguese: reservar fazer reserva de
  • Chinese: 预订
  • Croatian: rezervirati
  • Czech: rezervovat
  • Danish: booke
  • Dutch: boeken
  • European Spanish: reservar reservación
  • Finnish: varata
  • French: réserver
  • German: buchen
  • Greek: κάνω κράτηση
  • Italian: prenotare
  • Japanese: 予約する
  • Korean: 예약하다
  • Norwegian: bestille
  • Polish: zarezerwować
  • European Portuguese: reservar
  • Romanian: a rezerva
  • Russian: бронировать
  • Latin American Spanish: reservar guardar algo para lo futuro
  • Swedish: boka
  • Thai: จอง
  • Turkish: yer ayırtmak
  • Ukrainian: бронювати
  • Vietnamese: đặt chỗ

All related terms of 'book'

Chinese translation of 'book'

book

(buk)

n (c)

  1. (= novel etc) 书(書) (shū) (, běn)
  2. [of stamps, tickets] 册(冊) (cè)

vt

  1. [ticket, table, seat, room] 预(預)订(訂) (yùdìng)
  2. [traffic warden, police officer] 登记(記) (dēngjì)
    ⇒ I was booked for speeding. 我因超速驾车而被记名。 (Wǒ yīn chǎosù jiàchē ér bèi jìmíng.)
  3. (Football) 记(記)名警告 (jìmíng jǐnggào)
by the book 照章办(辦)事 (zhàozhāng bànshì)
to throw the book at sb 重罚(罰)某人 (zhòng fá mǒurén)
fully booked 预(預)订(訂)一空 (yùdìng yīkōng)
to keep the books 作簿记(記) (zuò bùjì)

Derived Forms

books n pl (Comm, = accounts) 账(賬)目 (zhàngmù)

All related terms of 'book'

(noun) 
Definition
a written work or composition, such as a novel
a book about witches
Synonyms
work
title
a publisher with 50 new titles a year
guide
volume
a slim volume of English poetry
publication
expensively produced glossy publications
companion
manual
paperback
textbook
tract
hardback
tome
a hefty legal tome
treatise
a lengthy treatise on prison reform
e-book or ebook
blook
(noun) 
Definition
a number of sheets of paper bound together
I had several names in my little black book that I called regularly.
Synonyms
notebook
He brought out a notebook and pen from his pocket.
album
She showed me her photo album.
journal
On the plane he wrote in his journal.
diary
pad
Have a pad and pencil ready.
record book
Filofax (trademark)
notepad
exercise book
jotter
memorandum book
e-book or ebook
blook
(plural noun) 
He usually left the books to his managers and accountants.
Synonyms
accounts
records
balance sheet
ledger
financial statement
(verb) 
Definition
to reserve (a place, passage, etc.) or engage the services of (someone) in advance
She booked herself a flight home last night.
Synonyms
reserve
I'll reserve a table for five.
schedule
No new talks are scheduled.
engage
I managed to engage a room for the night.
line up
organize
charter
arrange for
procure
make reservations
e-book or ebook
(verb) 
They took him to the police station and booked him for assault.
Synonyms
charge

phrasal verb

See book in

idiom

See in my book

related words

related mania bibliomania
related enthusiast bibliophile
related phobia bibiliophobia

subject word lists

See types of bookSee parts of a book

Quotations

A good book is the precious life-blood of a master spirit, embalmed and treasured up on purpose to a life beyond life [John Milton – Areopagitica]
All books are divisible into two classes, the books of the hour, and the books of all time [John Ruskin – Sesame and Lilies]There is no such thing as a moral or an immoral book. Books are well written, or badly written [Oscar Wilde – The Picture of Dorian Gray]Style and Structure are the essence of a book; great ideas are hogwash [Vladimir Nabokov]All books are either dreams or swords,
You can cut, or you can drug, with words
[Amy Lowell – Sword Blades and Poppy Seeds]
Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested [Francis Bacon – Essays]The reading of all good books is like conversation with the finest men of past centuries [René Descartes – Discourse on Method]All good books are alike in that they are truer than if they had really happened [Ernest Hemingway]Books succeed,
And lives fail
[Elizabeth Barrett Browning – Aurora Leigh]
Books are where things are explained to you; life is where things aren't [Julian Barnes – Flaubert's Parrot]Even bad books are books and therefore sacred [Günter Grass – The Tin Drum]I never read a book before reviewing it; it prejudices a man so [Revd Sidney Smith]A room without books is as a body without a soul [John Lubbock]When I am dead, I hope it may be said:
`His sins were scarlet, but his books were read.'
[Hilaire Belloc – On His Books]
No furniture so charming as books [Revd Sidney Smith]Books will speak plain when counsellors blanch [Francis Bacon – Essays]Of making many books there is no end; and much study is a weariness of the flesh [Bible: Ecclesiastes]

Additional synonyms

in the sense of album
Definition
a book with blank pages, for keeping photographs or stamps in
She showed me her photo album.
Synonyms
book,
collection,
scrapbook
in the sense of engage
I managed to engage a room for the night.
Synonyms
book,
reserve,
secure,
hire,
rent,
charter,
lease,
prearrange
in the sense of jotter
Definition
a small notebook
Synonyms
notebook,
pad,
Filofax,
notepad

Synonyms of 'book'

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