单词 | book |
释义 | book —book /bʊk/ verb (ARRANGE) ↑Verb Endings for book ► A2 [T or I] to arrange to have a seat, room, performer, etc. at a particular time in the future: » [+ two objects] I've booked us two tickets to see 'Carmen'/I've booked two tickets for us to see 'Carmen'.» She'd booked a table for four at their favourite restaurant.» Will booked a seat on the evening flight to Edinburgh.» We were advised to book early if we wanted to get a room.» They booked a jazz band for their wedding.» The hotel/restaurant/theatre is fully booked (up) (= all the rooms/tables/tickets have been taken).» I'd like to go but I'm afraid I'm booked up (= I have arranged to do other things) until the weekend.Thesaurus+: ↑Making bookings and reservations• • • Extra Examples:» I've booked the car into the garage.» I've booked a table at the restaurant for nine o'clock.» He booked a double room.» We booked the holiday on a whim.» It's a good thing that we booked our tickets early.verb [T] (MAKE A RECORD) ↑Verb Endings for book ► F0 If a police officer, referee, etc. books someone, they write down the person's name in an official record because they have done something wrong: » A player in a football match who is booked twice in a game is sent off the field.» My grandmother was booked for speeding last week.Thesaurus+: ↑Arresting and charging—book /bʊk/noun (MONEY RECORD) books [plural]F0 the written records of money that a business has spent or received: » At the end of the year, the accountant goes over (= checks) the books.» Running a school is much more of a business than it used to be, - by law we have to balance our books.Thesaurus+: ↑AccountingF0 [S] the situation in which a bookmaker accepts and pays out amounts of money that are risked on a particular result: » They've already opened/started a book on the result of the next World Cup.Thesaurus+: ↑Gambling and bookmaking , ↑Taking risksnoun (TEXT) A1 [C] a written text that can be published in printed or electronic form: » Have you read any good books recently?» He's got a new book out (= published).» She wrote a book on car maintenance.A1 [C] a set of pages that have been fastened together inside a cover to be read or written in: » a hardback/paperback book» I took a book with me to read on the train.» He writes all his expenses in a little book he carries with him.Thesaurus+: ↑Books and parts of booksF0 [C] one of the parts that a very long book, such as the Bible, is divided into: » the book of JobThesaurus+: ↑Books and parts of booksC2 [C] a number of one type of thing fastened together flat inside a cover: » a book of stamps/tickets/matchesThesaurus+: ↑Groups and collections of things , ↑Variety and mixtures• • • Extra Examples:» We're reading a different book this week.» In the last two years the book has only sold 200 copies.» She published a book of poems and followed it up with a novel.» I have to return my library books on the sixth of July.» He's the author of several hugely successful children's books . |
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