book

book¹

B0390200 (bo͝ok)n.1. a. A set of written, printed, or blank pages fastened along one side and encased between protective covers.b. An e-book or other electronic resource structured like a book.2. a. A printed or written literary work: Did you ever finish writing that book?b. A main division of a larger printed or written work: a book of the Old Testament.3. a. A volume in which financial or business transactions are recorded.b. books Financial or business records considered as a group: checked the expenditures on the books.4. a. A libretto.b. The script of a play.5. Booka. The Bible.b. The Koran.6. a. A set of prescribed standards or rules on which decisions are based: runs the company by the book.b. Something regarded as a source of knowledge or understanding.c. The total amount of experience, knowledge, understanding, and skill that can be used in solving a problem or performing a task: We used every trick in the book to finish the project on schedule.d. Informal Factual information, especially of a private nature: What's the book on him?7. A pack of like or similar items bound together: a book of matches.8. A record of bets placed on a race.9. Games The number of card tricks needed before any tricks can have scoring value, as the first six tricks taken by the declaring side in bridge.v. booked, book·ing, books v.tr.1. a. To arrange for or purchase (tickets or lodgings, for example) in advance; reserve.b. To arrange a reservation, as for a hotel room, for (someone): Book me into the best hotel in town.c. To hire or engage: booked a band for Saturday night.2. a. To list or register in a book: booked the revenue from last month's sales.b. To list or record appointments or engagements in: A calendar that was booked solid on Tuesday.c. To record information about (a suspected offender) after arrest in preparation for arraignment, usually including a criminal history search, fingerprinting, and photographing.d. Sports To record the flagrant fouls of (a player) for possible disciplinary action, as in soccer.3. To designate a time for; schedule: Let's book a meeting for next month.4. To be hired for or engaged in: The actor has booked his next movie with that director.v.intr. To make a reservation: Book early if you want good seats.adj.1. Of or relating to knowledge learned from books rather than actual experience: has book smarts but not street smarts.2. Appearing in a company's financial records: book profits.Idioms: bring to book To demand an explanation from; call to account. in (one's) book In one's opinion: In my book they both are wrong. like a book Thoroughly; completely: I know my child like a book. one for the books A noteworthy act or occurrence. throw the book at1. To make all possible charges against (a lawbreaker, for example).2. To reprimand or punish severely.

[Middle English bok, from Old English bōc; see bhāgo- in Indo-European roots.]

book′er n.Synonyms: book, bespeak, engage, reserve
These verbs mean to cause something to be set aside in advance, as for one's use or possession: will book a hotel room; made sure their selections were bespoken; engaged a box for the opera season; reserving a table at a restaurant.Word History: From an etymological perspective, book and beech are branches of the same tree. The Germanic root of both words is *bōk-, ultimately from an Indo-European root meaning "beech tree." The Old English form of book is bōc, from Germanic *bōk-ō, "written document, book." The Old English form of beech is bēce, from Germanic *bōk-jōn, "beech tree," because the early Germanic peoples used strips of beech wood to write on. A similar semantic development occurred in Latin. The Latin word for book is liber, whence library. Liber, however, originally meant "bark"—that is, the smooth inner bark of a tree, which the early Romans likewise used to write on.

book²

B0390200 (bo͝ok)intr.v. booked, book·ing, books Informal To move or travel rapidly: We booked along at a nice clip.

[Perhaps shortening and alteration (influenced by book) of boogie.]

book

(bʊk) n1. (Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding) a number of printed or written pages bound together along one edge and usually protected by thick paper or stiff pasteboard covers. See also hardback, paperback2. a. a written work or composition, such as a novel, technical manual, or dictionaryb. (as modifier): the book trade; book reviews. c. (in combination): bookseller; bookshop; bookshelf; bookrack. 3. a number of blank or ruled sheets of paper bound together, used to record lessons, keep accounts, etc4. (Accounting & Book-keeping) (plural) a record of the transactions of a business or society5. (Theatre) the script of a play or the libretto of an opera, musical, etc6. (Bible) a major division of a written composition, as of a long novel or of the Bible7. a number of tickets, sheets, stamps, etc, fastened together along one edge8. (Horse Racing) bookmaking a record of the bets made on a horse race or other event9. (Card Games) (in card games) the number of tricks that must be taken by a side or player before any trick has a scoring value: in bridge, six of the 13 tricks form the book. 10. strict or rigid regulations, rules, or standards (esp in the phrases according to the book, by the book)11. a source of knowledge or authority: the book of life. 12. a telephone directory (in the phrase in the book)13. (Bible) the book (sometimes capital) the Bible14. an open book a person or subject that is thoroughly understood15. a closed book a person or subject that is unknown or beyond comprehension: chemistry is a closed book to him. 16. bring to book to reprimand or require (someone) to give an explanation of his conduct17. close the book on to bring to a definite end: we have closed the book on apartheid. 18. (Accounting & Book-keeping) close the books accounting to balance accounts in order to prepare a statement or report19. cook the books informal to make fraudulent alterations to business or other accounts20. in my book according to my view of things21. in someone's bad books regarded by someone with disfavour22. in someone's good books regarded by someone with favour23. (Accounting & Book-keeping) keep the books to keep written records of the finances of a business or other enterprise24. on the books a. enrolled as a memberb. registered or recorded25. read someone like a book to understand a person, or his motives, character, etc, thoroughly and clearly26. throw the book at a. to charge with every relevant offenceb. to inflict the most severe punishment onvb27. to reserve (a place, passage, etc) or engage the services of (a performer, driver, etc) in advance: to book a flight; to book a band. 28. (tr) to take the name and address of (a person guilty of a minor offence) with a view to bringing a prosecution: he was booked for ignoring a traffic signal. 29. (Soccer) (tr) (of a football referee) to take the name of (a player) who grossly infringes the rules while playing, two such acts resulting in the player's dismissal from the field30. (tr) archaic to record in a book[Old English bōc; related to Old Norse bōk, Old High German buoh book, Gothic bōka letter; see beech (the bark of which was used as a writing surface)]

book

(bʊk)

n. 1. a long written or printed work of fiction or nonfiction, usu. on sheets of paper fastened or bound together within covers: a book of poems; a book of short stories. 2. such a literary work in any format: Do you like listening to books on tape? 3. a number of sheets of blank or ruled paper bound together for writing, recording business transactions, etc. 4. a division of a literary work, esp. one of the larger divisions. 5. the Book, the Bible. 6. the book, a. a set of rules, conventions, or standards: to go according to the book; to know every trick in the book. b. the telephone book. 7. the text or libretto of an opera, operetta, or musical. 8. books, the financial records of a business, institution, etc. 9. a script or story for a play. 10. the number of tricks that must be taken before any trick counts in the score of a card game. 11. a set or packet of tickets, checks, stamps, matches, etc., bound together like a book. 12. anything that serves for the recording of facts or events: The petrified tree was a book of nature. 13. gathered information and recommended strategy regarding a task, problem, opponent, etc., as in sports. 14. a pile or package of leaves, as of tobacco. 15. Slang. bookmaker (def. 1). v.t. 16. to enter in a book or list; record; register. 17. to reserve or make a reservation for (a hotel room, passage on a ship, etc.). 18. to register or list (a person) for a place, transportation, appointment, etc.: The travel agent booked us on the next cruise. 19. to engage for one or more performances. 20. to enter a charge against (an arrested person) on a police register. v.i. 21. to register one's name. 22. to engage a place, services, etc.: Book early if you want a good table. 23. book in (or out), to sign in (or out), as at a job. 24. book up, to sell or buy out, fill up, or the like: Baseball fans have booked up the hotel for a week. adj. 25. pertaining to or dealing with books: the book department; a book salesman. 26. derived or learned entirely from books: book knowledge. 27. shown on a company's books: The firm's book profit was $53,680. Idioms: 1. bring to book, to bring to justice. 2. by the book, according to the correct or established form. 3. in one's book, according to one's personal judgment. 4. make book, a. to take bets and give odds. b. to wager; bet. 5. off the books, without being part of an official payroll, income report, etc. 6. one for the book(s), a noteworthy incident; something extraordinary. 7. throw the book at, Informal. to punish severely. [before 900; Middle English, Old English bōc; c. Old Frisian, Old Saxon, Old Norse bōk, Old High German buoh]

Book

collection of tablets, sheets of paper, or similar material strung or bound together.Examples: book of beauty, 1595; of bitter passion, 1532; of gold leaf [separated by vellum leaves]; of knowledge, 1667; of love, 1592; of nature, 1830; of precepts, 1380; of scorn, 1847; of silk [bundle of skeins of raw silk].

book

Past participle: booked
Gerund: booking

Imperative
book
book

Present
I book
you book
he/she/it books
we book
you book
they book

Preterite
I booked
you booked
he/she/it booked
we booked
you booked
they booked

Present Continuous
I am booking
you are booking
he/she/it is booking
we are booking
you are booking
they are booking

Present Perfect
I have booked
you have booked
he/she/it has booked
we have booked
you have booked
they have booked

Past Continuous
I was booking
you were booking
he/she/it was booking
we were booking
you were booking
they were booking

Past Perfect
I had booked
you had booked
he/she/it had booked
we had booked
you had booked
they had booked

Future
I will book
you will book
he/she/it will book
we will book
you will book
they will book

Future Perfect
I will have booked
you will have booked
he/she/it will have booked
we will have booked
you will have booked
they will have booked

Future Continuous
I will be booking
you will be booking
he/she/it will be booking
we will be booking
you will be booking
they will be booking

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been booking
you have been booking
he/she/it has been booking
we have been booking
you have been booking
they have been booking

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been booking
you will have been booking
he/she/it will have been booking
we will have been booking
you will have been booking
they will have been booking

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been booking
you had been booking
he/she/it had been booking
we had been booking
you had been booking
they had been booking

Conditional
I would book
you would book
he/she/it would book
we would book
you would book
they would book

Past Conditional
I would have booked
you would have booked
he/she/it would have booked
we would have booked
you would have booked
they would have booked

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	book - a written work or composition that has been published (printed on pages bound together); "I am reading a good book on economics"signature - a sheet with several pages printed on it; it folds to page size and is bound with other signatures to form a bookrunning head, running headline - a heading printed at the top of every page (or every other page) of a bookauthority - an authoritative written work; "this book is the final authority on the life of Milton"curiosa - books on strange or unusual subjects (especially erotica)formulary, pharmacopeia - (pharmacology) a book containing a compilation of pharmaceutical products with their formulas and methods of preparation; "postexposure prophylaxis is an integral part of the pharmacopeia in preventing severe disease after acute infections"trade book, trade edition - a book intended for general readershipbestiary - a medieval book (usually illustrated) with allegorical and amusing descriptions of real and fabled animalscatechism - an elementary book summarizing the principles of a Christian religion; written as questions and answerspop-up, pop-up book - a book (usually for children) that contains one or more pages such that a three-dimensional structure rises up when a page is openedstorybook - a book containing a collection of stories (usually for children)tome - a (usually) large and scholarly bookbooklet, brochure, folder, pamphlet, leaflet - a small book usually having a paper coverschool text, schoolbook, text edition, textbook, text - a book prepared for use in schools or colleges; "his economics textbook is in its tenth edition"; "the professor wrote the text that he assigned students to buy"workbook - a student's book or booklet containing problems with spaces for solving themcopybook - a book containing models of good penmanship; used in teaching penmanshipappointment book, appointment calendar - a book containing a calendar and space to keep a record of appointmentscatalog, catalogue - a book or pamphlet containing an enumeration of things; "he found it in the Sears catalog"phrase book - a book containing common expressions in a foreign language along with their translationsplaybook - a book containing the scripts of one or more dramatic plays; "the 1963 playbook leaves out the whole first scene"prayer book, prayerbook - a book containing prayersbook of facts, reference book, reference work, reference - a book to which you can refer for authoritative facts; "he contributed articles to the basic reference work on that topic"review copy - a copy of a newly published book that is sent for review to a writer or periodicalsongbook - a book containing a collection of songspublication - a copy of a printed work offered for distributionyearbook - a book published annually by the graduating class of a high school or college usually containing photographs of faculty and graduating students
	2.	book - physical objects consisting of a number of pages bound together; "he used a large book as a doorstop"volumealbum - a book of blank pages with pockets or envelopes; for organizing photographs or stamp collections etcbook binding, cover, binding, back - the protective covering on the front, back, and spine of a book; "the book had a leather binding"coffee-table book - an elaborate oversize book suitable for displaying on a coffee tablefolio - a book (or manuscript) consisting of large sheets of paper folded in the middle to make two leaves or four pages; "the first folio of Shakespeare's plays"fore edge, foredge - the part of a book that faces inward when the book is shelved; the part opposite the spinehardback, hardcover - a book with cardboard or cloth or leather coversjournal - a record book as a physical objectnovel - a printed and bound book that is an extended work of fiction; "his bookcases were filled with nothing but novels"; "he burned all the novels"order book - a book in which customers' orders are entered; usually makes multiple copies of the orderpaperback, paperback book, paper-back book, softback, softback book, soft-cover, soft-cover book - a book with paper coverspicture book - a book consisting chiefly of picturesproduct, production - an artifact that has been created by someone or some process; "they improve their product every year"; "they export most of their agricultural production"sketch block, sketch pad, sketchbook - a book containing sheets of paper on which sketches can be drawnbackbone, spine - the part of a book's cover that encloses the inner side of the book's pages and that faces outward when the book is shelved; "the title and author were printed on the spine of the book"notebook - a book with blank pages for recording notes or memoranda
	3.	book - a compilation of the known facts regarding something or someone; "Al Smith used to say, `Let's look at the record'"; "his name is in all the record books"record book, recordlogbook - a book in which the log is writtenwon-lost record - (sports) a record of win versus lossesscorecard, card - (golf) a record of scores (as in golf); "you have to turn in your card to get a handicap"fact - a statement or assertion of verified information about something that is the case or has happened; "he supported his argument with an impressive array of facts"
	4.	book - a written version of a play or other dramatic composition; used in preparing for a performanceplayscript, scriptdramatic composition, dramatic work - a play for performance on the stage or television or in a movie etc.prompt copy, promptbook - the copy of the playscript used by the promptercontinuity - a detailed script used in making a film in order to avoid discontinuities from shot to shotdialog, dialogue - the lines spoken by characters in drama or fictionlibretto - the words of an opera or musical playscenario - an outline or synopsis of a play (or, by extension, of a literary work)screenplay - a script for a film including dialogue and descriptions of characters and setsshooting script - the final detailed script for making a movie or TV program
	5.	book - a record in which commercial accounts are recorded; "they got a subpoena to examine our books"account book, book of account, ledger, legerrecord - a document that can serve as legal evidence of a transaction; "they could find no record of the purchase"cost ledger - ledger showing the accumulated costs classified in various waysgeneral ledger - the ledger that contains all of the financial accounts of a business; contains offsetting debit and credit accounts (including control accounts)subsidiary ledger - details of an account supporting the amount stated in the general ledgerdaybook, journal - a ledger in which transactions have been recorded as they occurredaccounting system, method of accounting, accounting - a bookkeeper's chronological list of related debits and credits of a business; forms part of a ledger of accounts
	6.	book - a collection of playing cards satisfying the rules of a card gamecard game, cards - a game played with playing cardsaggregation, collection, accumulation, assemblage - several things grouped together or considered as a whole
	7.	book - a collection of rules or prescribed standards on the basis of which decisions are made; "they run things by the book around here"rule bookprescript, rule - prescribed guide for conduct or actionrule - directions that define the way a game or sport is to be conducted; "he knew the rules of chess"aggregation, collection, accumulation, assemblage - several things grouped together or considered as a whole
	8.	Book - the sacred writings of Islam revealed by God to the prophet Muhammad during his life at Mecca and Medinaal-Qur'an, Koran, Quransura - one of the sections (or chapters) in the Koran; "the Quran is divided in 114 suras"
	9.	Book - the sacred writings of the Christian religions; "he went to carry the Word to the heathen"Bible, Christian Bible, Good Book, Holy Scripture, Holy Writ, Scripture, Word of God, Wordreligious text, religious writing, sacred text, sacred writing - writing that is venerated for the worship of a deityfamily Bible - a large Bible with pages to record marriages and birthsOld Testament - the collection of books comprising the sacred scripture of the Hebrews and recording their history as the chosen people; the first half of the Christian BibleTestament - either of the two main parts of the Christian BibleNew Testament - the collection of books of the Gospels, Acts of the Apostles, the Pauline and other epistles, and Revelation; composed soon after Christ's death; the second half of the Christian Biblecovenant - (Bible) an agreement between God and his people in which God makes certain promises and requires certain behavior from them in returneisegesis - personal interpretation of a text (especially of the Bible) using your own ideasexegesis - an explanation or critical interpretation (especially of the Bible)text - a passage from the Bible that is used as the subject of a sermon; "the preacher chose a text from Psalms to introduce his sermon"Gabriel - (Bible) the archangel who was the messenger of GodNoachian deluge, Noah and the Flood, Noah's flood, the Flood - (Biblical) the great deluge that is said in the Book of Genesis to have occurred in the time of Noah; it was brought by God upon the earth because of the wickedness of human beingsdemythologise, demythologize - remove the mythical element from (writings); "the Bible should be demythologized and examined for its historical value"
	10.	book - a major division of a long written composition; "the book of Isaiah"text, textual matter - the words of something written; "there were more than a thousand words of text"; "they handed out the printed text of the mayor's speech"; "he wants to reconstruct the original text"section, subdivision - a self-contained part of a larger composition (written or musical); "he always turns first to the business section"; "the history of this work is discussed in the next section"Epistle - a book of the New Testament written in the form of a letter from an Apostle
	11.	book - a number of sheets (ticket or stamps etc.) bound together on one edge; "he bought a book of stamps"product, production - an artifact that has been created by someone or some process; "they improve their product every year"; "they export most of their agricultural production"
Verb	1.	book - engage for a performance; "Her agent had booked her for several concerts in Tokyo"schedule - plan for an activity or event; "I've scheduled a concert next week"
	2.	book - arrange for and reserve (something for someone else) in advance; "reserve me a seat on a flight"; "The agent booked tickets to the show for the whole family"; "please hold a table at Maxim's"reserve, holdcall for, request, bespeak, quest - express the need or desire for; ask for; "She requested an extra bed in her room"; "She called for room service"reserve - obtain or arrange (for oneself) in advance; "We managed to reserve a table at Maxim's"hold open, keep open, save, keep - retain rights to; "keep my job for me while I give birth"; "keep my seat, please"; "keep open the possibility of a merger"
	3.	book - record a charge in a police register; "The policeman booked her when she tried to solicit a man"record, enter, put down - make a record of; set down in permanent formfine, ticket - issue a ticket or a fine to as a penalty; "I was fined for parking on the wrong side of the street"; "Move your car or else you will be ticketed!"
	4.	book - register in a hotel bookerregister - record in writing; enter into a book of names or events or transactions

book

noun1. work, title, guide, volume, publication, companion, manual, paperback, textbook, tract, hardback, tome, treatise a book about witches2. notebook, album, journal, diary, pad, record book, Filofax (trademark), notepad, exercise book, jotter, memorandum book I had several names in my little black book that I called regularly.plural noun1. accounts, records, balance sheet, ledger, financial statement He usually left the books to his managers and accountants.verb1. reserve, schedule, engage, line up, organize, charter, arrange for, procure, make reservations She booked herself a flight home last night.2. charge They took him to the police station and booked him for assault.book in register, enter, enrol He was happy to book in at the Royal Pavilion Hotel.in my book in my opinion, to me, as far as I am concerned He is no hero in my bookRelated words
like bibliomania
enthusiast bibliophile
fear bibiliophobiaQuotations
"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]

Books

Types of book album, almanac, anatomy, annual, anthology, armorial, A to Z, atlas, autobiography, Baedeker, bestiary, bibelot, Bible, biography, breviary, brochure, casebook, catalogue, catechism, coffee-table book, comic book, commonplace book, companion, compendium, concordance, confessional, cookery book, copybook, diary, dictionary, directory, dispensatory, encyclopedia or encyclopaedia, exercise book, formulary, gazetteer, gradus, grammar, graphic novel, grimoire, guidebook, handbook, hymn book, jotter, journal, lectionary, ledger, lexicon, log or logbook, manual, miscellany, missal, monograph, notebook, novel, novelette, novella, ordinal, peerage, pharmacopoeia, phrase book, prayer book, primer, prospectus, psalter, reader, reference book, register, road book, score, scrapbook, service book, sketchbook, song book, speller, statute book, storybook, telephone directory, textbook, thesaurus, vade mecum, who's who, wordbook, workbook, yearbookParts of a book acknowledgments, addendum, afterword, appendix, back, back matter, bibliography, binding, blurb, chapter, contents, corrigenda, cover, dedication, dust jacket or cover, endpaper, epigraph, epilogue, errata, flyleaf, folio, fore-edge, foreword, frontispiece, front matter, glossary, gutter, half-title, illustration, index, interleaf, introduction, leaf, margin, page, plate, postscript, preface, prelims, proem, prolegomenon, prologue, recto, rubric, running head, slipcase, spine, tail, title page, verso, wrapper

book

nounA printed and bound work:tome, volume.verb1. To register in or as if in a book:catalog, enroll, inscribe, list, set down, write down.2. To cause to be set aside, as for one's use, in advance:bespeak, engage, reserve.

Translations

书卷篇簿册赌帐

book

(buk) noun1. a number of sheets of paper (especially printed) bound together. an exercise book. 卷、篇、部本子、簿册 2. a piece of writing, bound and covered. I've written a book on Shakespeare.书3. a record of bets. 赌帐 verb1. to buy or reserve (a ticket, seat etc) for a play etc. I've booked four seats for Friday's concert. 预购，预定 2. to hire in advance. We've booked the hall for Saturday.预定ˈbookable adjective able to be reserved in advance. Are these seats bookable?可预定的ˈbooking noun a reservation. 预约ˈbooklet (-lit) noun a small, thin book. a booklet about the history of the town.小册子ˈbookbinding noun putting the covers on books. 装订ˈbookbinder noun装订者ˈbookcase noun a set of shelves for books. 书橱，书柜 ˈbooking-office noun an office where travel tickets etc are sold. a queue at the station booking-office.售票处ˈbookmaker noun a professional betting man who takes bets and pays winnings. 登记赌注者 ˈbookmark noun something put in a book to mark a particular page. 书签ˈbookseller noun a person who sells books. 书商ˈbookshelf noun a shelf on which books are kept. 书架ˈbookshop noun a shop which sells books. 书店ˈbookworm noun a person who reads a lot. 书呆子，蛀书虫 booked up having every ticket sold. The theatre is booked up for the season.预定一空book in to sign one's name on the list of guests at an hotel etc. We have booked in at the Royal Hotel. 签到，登记 by the book strictly according to the rules. She always does things by the book.严格按照规章办事

book

→ 书zhCN, 预订zhCN

A book of tickets, please → 我要买一本车票
I want to reserve a sleeper to ... (US)
I want to book a sleeper to ... (UK) → 我想要预定一张去...的卧铺票
I want to reserve a seat in a non-smoking compartment (US)
I want to book a seat in a non-smoking compartment (UK) → 我想要预订一个非吸烟车厢的座位
I'd like to reserve a single room (US)
I'd like to book a single room (UK) → 我想订一间单人房
I'd like to reserve a double room (US)
I'd like to book a double room (UK) → 我想订一间双人房
I'd like to reserve a family room (US)
I'd like to book a family room (UK) → 我想订一间家庭房
Do you have a guide book in English? → 有英文版的旅游指南吗？
Do you have a guide book in ...? → 你们有...语的导游册吗？
Could you reserve the tickets for us? (US)
Can you book the tickets for us? (UK) → 可以为我们订票吗？
Do I need to reserve in advance? (US)
Do I need to book in advance? (UK) → 我需要提前预订吗？
Could you make a hotel reservation for me? (US)
Can you book me into a hotel? (UK) → 您能为我订一个酒店吗？
Where can I reserve a court? (US)
Where can I book a court? (UK) → 哪儿能租球场？
I'd like to reserve a table for three people for tonight (US)
I'd like to book a table for three people for tonight (UK) → 我想预订今晚的三人餐桌
I'd like to reserve a table for two people for tomorrow night (US)
I'd like to book a table for two people for tomorrow night (UK) → 我想预订明晚的两人餐桌
I'd like to reserve a table for four people for tonight at eight o'clock (US)
I'd like to book a table for four people for tonight at eight o'clock (UK) → 我想预订今晚八点钟的四人餐桌

book

book.

The word book has come to have many meanings, e.g., any collection of sheets of paper, wood, or other material sewn or bound together; a division of a written work (books of the Bible, books of Caesar's Gallic War); and statements of financial accounting (bookkeeping). The primary meaning today is, however, a written work either in manuscript or in printed or electronic form that is of substantial length.

Early Books

Early in the history of bookmaking the printed book was distinguished in size by the number of times the original large sheet of paper on which the type was printed had been folded, i.e., folio, quarto, octavo, and duodecimo. With the advent of machine-made paper, these sizes were standardized. The standard octavo, according to the American Library Association, is between 20 cm and 25 cm in height.

Books apparently did not come into existence until long after writing, e.g., inscriptioninscription,
writing on durable material. The art is called epigraphy. Modern inscriptions are made for permanent, monumental record, as on gravestones, cornerstones, and building fronts; they are often decorative and imitative of ancient (usually Roman) methods.
..... Click the link for more information. , was widespread. Fragmentary early papyri represent literature in ancient Egypt and may possibly be considered as books, although it is customary to speak of the Book of the DeadBook of the Dead,
term used to describe Egyptian funerary literature. The texts consist of charms, spells, and formulas for use by the deceased in the afterworld and contain many of the basic ideas of Egyptian religion.
..... Click the link for more information. as the first of the Egyptian papyrus books. The cuneiformcuneiform
[Lat.,=wedge-shaped], system of writing developed before the last centuries of the 4th millennium B.C. in the lower Tigris and Euphrates valley, probably by the Sumerians (see Sumer).
..... Click the link for more information. tablets gathered into the great Assyrian library of Assurbanipal represented an enormous collection of works, but the book as we know it may be said to be derived from the Egyptian writings on papyrus.

The vast literature of the Greeks, collected in the greatest library of the ancient world, in Alexandria, was generally written on large sheets of papyrus, which were glued together and rolled up. The rolls varied greatly in size; many were about 1 ft (30 cm) wide and about 30 ft (9 m) long when unrolled. In the Hellenistic era large works were divided into tomes [Gr.,=cutting] that were stored together in cylinders and labeled.

The method of having the leaves held together in quires (24 or 25 sheets) in the fashion of the modern book seems not to have originated until about the 2d cent. A.D. From at least the early part of the 2d cent. B.C. the more permanent vellum (a type of fine parchmentparchment,
untanned skins of animals, especially of the sheep, calf, and goat, prepared for use as a writing material. The name is a corruption of Pergamum, the ancient city of Asia Minor where preparation of parchment suitable for use on both sides was achieved in the 2d cent.
..... Click the link for more information. first used in the Middle East) was also used for writing books, and this grew to be very popular in the Middle Ages when books were copied by monks in the scriptoria of monasteries. In the scriptoria the art of illuminationillumination,
in art, decoration of manuscripts and books with colored, gilded pictures, often referred to as miniatures (see miniature painting); historiated and decorated initials; and ornamental border designs.
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Book Printing

The production of books in great quantity had to await the mechanical processes of printing from movable type. Printing was invented in China, where the first book printed by means of woodblocks is thought to date from the 9th cent. Korea developed movable metal type during the 13th cent. In the West movable metal type was developed by Johann GutenbergGutenberg, Johann
, c.1397–1468, German inventor and printer, long credited with the invention of a method of printing from movable type, including the use of metal molds and alloys, a special press, and oil-based inks: a method that, with refinements and increased
..... Click the link for more information. of Mainz, and to a very large extent the history of the book is henceforth the history of printingprinting,
means of producing reproductions of written material or images in multiple copies. There are four traditional types of printing: relief printing (with which this article is mainly concerned), intaglio, lithography, and screen process printing.
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Book production developed very rapidly, the craft becoming enormously sophisticated by the 16th cent. Italian printers set the standards of format and quality retained in Europe until the 19th cent. Great printing houses also arose in France and the Netherlands and, after a general decline in the 17th cent., in England and the United States. The 19th cent. witnessed machine replacement of all the old manual processes. By the end of the century printing quality had been so debased that a revolution, led by William MorrisMorris, William,
1834–96, English poet, artist, craftsman, designer, social reformer, and printer. He has long been considered one of the great Victorians and has been called the greatest English designer of the 19th cent.
..... Click the link for more information. during the arts and craftsarts and crafts,
term for that general field of applied design in which hand fabrication is dominant. The term was coined in England in the late 19th cent. as a label for the then-current movement directed toward the revivifying of the decorative arts.
..... Click the link for more information. movement in England, was necessary to restore the concept of beauty to bookmaking.

Modern Book Production

In recent years computer technology has revolutionized book production and the printing and distribution of comparatively inexpensive softcover books, or paperbacks, has expanded. Since the late 20th cent. the standing of the book as an information source has been challenged by other media including television, computers, and on-line databases. Also, the very definition of a book as a collection of printed sheets of paper is being challenged as books recorded in various audio formats have become increasingly common, and some works are being produced as audiobooks, appearing in audio form without ever being published in print. In addition, electronic book readers—small computers designed to display pages of digital books (e-books) on their screens as well as software that functions similarly on less specialized electronic devices—have been introduced.

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See also book clubsbook clubs.
As a phenomenon in American cultural life, book clubs have made an impact in two periods of history. During the 18th and 19th cent. book clubs were formed for the purposes of discussion and debate.
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or bibliophily, the acquiring of books that are, or are expected to become, rare and that possess permanent interest in addition to their texts. Collecting has traditionally concentrated on first editions in the field of pure literature.
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The term publishing means, in the broadest sense, making something publicly known. Historically, it came to refer to the issuing of printed materials, such as books, magazines, periodicals, and the like; it now also encompasses issuing such materials in
..... Click the link for more information. ; incunabulaincunabula
, plural of incunabulum
[Late Lat.,=cradle (books); i.e., books of the cradle days of printing], books printed in the 15th cent. The known incunabula represent about 40,000 editions.
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a collection of books or other written or printed materials, as well as the facility in which they are housed and the institution that is responsible for their maintenance.
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a handwritten work as distinguished from printing. The oldest manuscripts, those found in Egyptian tombs, were written on papyrus; the earliest dates from c.3500 B.C.
..... Click the link for more information. ; typetype,
for printing, was invented in China (c.1040), using woodblocks. Related devices, such as seals and stamps for making impressions in clay, had been used in ancient times in Babylon and elsewhere.
..... Click the link for more information. ; typographytypography
, the art of printing from movable type. The term typographer is today virtually synonymous with a master printer skilled in the techniques of type and paper stock selection, ornamentation, and composition.
..... Click the link for more information. ; writingwriting,
the visible recording of language peculiar to the human species. Writing enables the transmission of ideas over vast distances of time and space and is a prerequisite of complex civilization.
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Bibliography

For a brief and excellent bibliography, see H. Lehmann-Haupt, One Hundred Books about Bookmaking (1949). See also F. G. Kenyon, Books and Readers in Ancient Greece and Rome (2d ed. 1951); E. Chiera, They Wrote on Clay (1958); F. L. Schick, The Paperbound Book in America (1959); H. D. Vervliet, ed., The Book through Five Thousand Years (1972); W. Morris, The Ideal Book (reprints of essays and lectures on the book arts, ed. by W. S. Petersen, 1982); N. Howard, The Book (2005); A. Pettegree, The Book in the Renaissance (2010); M. Lyons, Books: A Living History (2011).

What does it mean when you dream about a book?

Books often symbolize knowledge and wisdom. Dusty old books may represent neglected or forgotten knowledge, or an earlier “chapter” of one’s life. Opening or closing a book may symbolize opening or closing a stage in one’s life. Other meanings embodied in familiar expressions may be evoked in dreams, such as the connotations of “bookworm” and “book learning” (abstract knowledge without the benefit of practical experience available from the “book of life”). To someone reared in a traditional Christian home, “the Book” represents the Bible and God’s commandments.

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1. the script of a play or the libretto of an opera, musical, etc 2. a major division of a written composition, as of a long novel or of the Bible 3. Bookmaking a record of the bets made on a horse race or other event 4. (in card games) the number of tricks that must be taken by a side or player before any trick has a scoring value 5. the book the Bible

Books

(dreams)In our daily life, books are a source of information and a place to gain knowledge. They can be inspirational, and their messages are sometimes so strong that they change our lives. The books in our dreams can represent our memories, learned understanding, ideas, or viewpoints. They can alert us to the fact that we have something new to learn and that we should spend time on mastering new tasks. Pay attention to what kind of book you are seeing in your dream and its purpose in the larger context of the dream. Also, note reading any passages or specific messages from the book. At times the book may be pointing to new themes or purposes in your life. Pay attention! The unconscious mind is constantly making attempts to communicate with the conscious in such ways that the dreamer will recognize it without panic or denial. Superstition-based dream interpretations say that if you are dreaming of books, you can be assured of slow but steady progress in your life.

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