| 单词 | book of hours |
| 释义 | book /bŭk/noun
To make a reservation in advance ORIGIN: OE bōc book, beech; cf Ger Buche beech, and Buch book, supposed to be from early Germanic use of beech boards bookˈable adjective bookˈer noun One who engages entertainers in advance bookˈful adjective Full of information gathered from books bookˈie noun (informal) A bookmaker bookˈing noun
bookˈish adjective
bookˈishness noun bookˈless adjective
bookˈlet noun A little book, esp one of only a few pages, saddle-stitched, with paper covers bookˈsie or bookˈsy adjective By way of being literary bookˈy adjective Bookish bookˈ-account noun An account of debt or credit in a book bookˈbinder noun A person who binds books bookˈbindery noun (US) A place where books are bound bookˈbinding noun bookˈ-canvasser noun (obsolete) A person who goes around soliciting orders for a book bookˈcase noun A piece of furniture with shelves for books book club noun A society that sells at reduced prices, buys, circulates on loan, or prints books for its members bookˈ-debt noun A sum owing to a seller, as shown in the seller's business-books booked-outˈ or booked-upˈ adjective
bookˈend noun One of a pair of props for the end of a row of books transitive verb To place between two other similar things book group noun A group of people who agree to read a particular book and then meet to discuss it (also called reading group) bookˈ-hand noun (historical) One of the writing styles used to produce copies of books in manuscript before the invention of printing bookˈ-holder noun A prompter in the theatre booking clerk noun A person who sells tickets booking hall noun booking office noun An office where reservations are made or tickets sold bookˈkeeper noun bookˈkeeping noun
bookˈland noun (OE bōcland) land taken from the folcland or common land, and granted by bōc or written charter to a private owner bookˈ-learned /-lûrnˈid/ adjective bookˈ-learning noun Learning acquired from books, as opposed to practical knowledge bookˈlore (Scot bookˈ-lear or buikˈ-lear /-lār/) noun
bookˈlouse noun (pl bookˈlice) A wingless insect of the order Psocoptera, which damages books book lung noun The respiratory organ in spiders and other arachnids, formed of fine membranes like the leaves of a book bookˈmaker noun
bookˈmaking noun bookˈman noun A scholar, student bookˈmark noun
transitive verb To make an electronic record of bookˈ-mate noun (Shakespeare) A companion in study, a schoolfellow bookˈ-mindedness noun Habitual direction of the mind towards books bookˈmobile noun (N American) A mobile library bookˈ-muslin noun Muslin used in bookbinding bookˈ-oath noun (Shakespeare) An oath made on the Book or Bible Book of Changes noun The I Ching book of hours see under hour Book of Life noun A personal identity document formerly used in South Africa book of words noun (informal) Directions for use bookˈplate noun A label usually pasted inside the cover of a book, bearing the owner's name or other distinguishing information bookˈ-post noun A former name for Media Mail (see under medium) book price or book value noun The officially recorded value, not necessarily the market value, of a commodity, etc bookˈrest noun A support for a book, a bookstand bookˈ-scorpion noun A scorpion-like arachnid found in libraries, probably feeding on booklice bookˈseller noun
bookˈselling noun bookˈshelf noun A shelf for books bookˈshop noun A shop where books are sold bookˈstall noun A stall or stand where books are sold bookˈstand noun
bookˈstore noun (N American) A bookshop book token noun A voucher to be exchanged for books of a stated price, given as a gift book trade noun The trade of dealing in books book value see book price above. bookˈwork noun
bookˈworm noun
be on the books
book in
book of original (or prime) entry (bookkeeping) A book in which the first record of transactions is made, eg before entry in a ledger book out To leave a hotel formally, by settling one's bill, handing in one's key, etc book through To book as a whole (a journey to be made in parts) bring to book To bring to account by the book Strictly according to the rules closed book A person or subject that is not known or understood at all (cf open book below) close the book(s) on To bring to a definite conclusion get one's books To be dismissed in anyone's book Indeed, without any doubt in my (etc) book In my (etc) view in someone's good (or bad) books Favourably (or unfavourably) regarded by someone open book A person or subject that is well-known or clearly understood (cf closed book above) read (someone) like a book To understand thoroughly (usu a person's character or motives) suit one's book To be agreeable to or favourable to one take a leaf out of someone's book To profit by someone's example talk like a book To talk pedantically, or with precision and readiness throw the book at (informal)
without book
hour /owr/noun
ORIGIN: OFr hore (Fr heure), from L hora, from Gr hōrā hourˈly adjective
hourˈ-angle noun (astronomy) The angle (usu measured as time) between the declination circle of a body observed and the observer's meridian hourˈ-circle noun (astronomy)
hourˈglass noun An instrument for measuring the hours by the running of sand through a narrow neck adjective
hour hand noun The hand that shows the hour on a clock, etc hourˈlongˈ adjective and adverb Lasting an hour hourˈplate noun A timepiece dial after hours After the normal hours of business at all hours At irregular hours, esp late hours at the eleventh hour At the last moment (Bible, Matthew 20.6,9) in a good (or evil) hour Under a fortunate (or an unfortunate) impulse (from the old belief in astrological influences) keep good hours
on the hour At exactly one, two, etc o'clock |
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