| 单词 | book |
| 释义 | book book // noun, verb
■ noun [C]
APPOINTMENT BOOK, BANK BOOK, BLUE BOOK, CASH BOOK, DOUBLE-BOOK, LOGBOOK, MINUTE BOOK, OFF-THE-BOOK, ORDER BOOK, PAYING-IN BOOK, PHONE BOOK, RULE BOOK, RUN OF BOOK, TRANSFER BOOK, YELLOW BOOK
1 a document that forms an official record or list: a chequebook a phone book (= a list of the names, addresses and telephone numbers of people and businesses)
2 a piece of writing published in printed or electronic form: an e-book She is the author of a book on career management.
3 (Commerce ; Finance ) a list of clients and/or investments that a person or a company looks after: You will learn the skills required to manage a book of accounts for one or more pension funds.
IDIOMS
by the book following rules and instructions in a very strict way: Doing things by the book doesn't always work in the real world.
⇨ THROW, ⇨ BOOKS
■ verb
1 [+ obj or no obj] (especially BrE) to arrange with a hotel, restaurant, etc. to have a room, table, seat, etc. on a particular date: I'd like to book a table for six for 8 o'clock tonight. I'm sorry-we're fully booked. ⇨ RESERVE
2 [+ obj] to arrange for sb to have a seat on a plane: Can you book me on the 6 o'clock flight?
3 (Accounting ) [+ obj] to record or show sth in a company's accounts: Last year the company booked a $150 million gain.
PHRASAL VERBS
book in/into sth to arrive at a hotel and arrange to stay there: I arrived at ten and booked straight into a hotel.
book sb in/into sth to arrange for sb to have a room at a hotel |
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