book
柯林斯词典
1. N-COUNT A book is a number of pieces of paper, usually with words printed on them, which are fastened together and fixed inside a cover of stronger paper or cardboard. Books contain information, stories, or poetry, for example. 书
His eighth book came out earlier this year and was an instant best-seller. 他的第8本书今年早些时候出版了，并很快成为了一本畅销书。
...the author of a book on politics. …一本政治书的作者。
...a new book by Rosella Brown. …罗赛拉·布朗写的一本新书。
2. N-COUNT A book of something such as stamps, matches, or tickets is a small number of them fastened together between thin cardboard covers. (邮票) 册; (火柴) 纸板; (票) 版
Can I have a book of first class stamps please?
请给我一版一等邮票，好吗？
3. V-T When you book something such as a hotel room or a ticket, you arrange to have it or use it at a particular time. 预订
American officials have booked hotel rooms for the women and children. 美国官员已经为这些妇女和儿童预订了宾馆房间。
Laurie booked herself a flight home. 劳里为自己预订了回家的机票。
4. N-PLURAL A company's or organization's books are its records of money that has been spent and earned or of the names of people who belong to it. (公司或机构的) 帐簿; 名册[商业]
For the most part he left the books to his managers and accountants. 他大多把账簿留给他的经理和会计们处理。
5. V-T When a police officer books someone, he or she officially records their name and the offence that they may be charged with. 把…记录在案
They took him to the station and booked him for assault with a deadly weapon. 他们把他带回警察局，以使用致命武器进行攻击的罪名将他记录在案。
6. N-COUNT In a very long written work such as the Bible, a book is one of the sections into which it is divided. 卷
...the last book of the Bible. …《圣经》的最后一卷。
7. →see also booking , checkbook , phone book
8. PHRASE If you say that someone or something is a closed book, you mean that you do not know anything about them. 不被知晓的人或事
Frank Spriggs was a very able man but something of a closed book. 弗兰克· 斯普里格斯是个非常能干的人，却不被人所知晓。
9. PHRASE If transportation or a hotel, restaurant, or theatre is booked up, fully booked, or booked solid, it has no tickets, rooms, or tables left for a particular time or date. 预订一空的
The car ferries from the mainland are often fully booked by February. 从大陆出发的汽车渡轮常常到2月底前就被预订一空。
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book /bʊk/ (booking,booked,books)
剑桥词典
- 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 .
book noun (TEXT)
[ 可数名词：有复数形式的名词 ]a written text that can be published in printed or electronic form
(纸版或电子版的)书
Have you read any good books recently ? 你最近读到了什么好书吗？
He has a new book out (= published ). 他刚出版了一本新书。
She wrote a book on car maintenance . 她写了一本关于汽车保养的书。
[ 可数名词：有复数形式的名词 ]
a set of pages that have been fastened together inside a cover to be read or written in
书，书本；本子
a hardback /paperback book 硬封面/软封面书（精装/简装书）
I took a book with me to read on the plane . 我随身带了本书在飞机上看。
He writes all his expenses in a little book he carries with him. 他把所有的开销都记在随身带着的一个小本子上。
[ 可数名词：有复数形式的名词 ]
one of the parts that a very long book, such as the Bible , is divided into
（《圣约》等长篇作品的）卷；篇；部
the book of Job 《约伯记》
例句
book noun (IN COVER)
[ 可数名词：有复数形式的名词 ]a number of one type of thing fastened together flat inside a cover
簿册；（装订成册的）票据簿
a book of stamps /tickets /matches 一封邮票／一本票据／一纸板火柴
book noun (MONEY RECORD)
books [ 名词的复数形式 ]the written records of money that a business has spent or received
（公司、商行的）账册，账簿
At the end of the year , the accountant goes over (= checks ) the books. 年终时会计要复核公司的账册。
Running a school is much more of a business than it used to be, - by law we have to balance our books. 与以前相比现在管理一所学校更像是在经营一家企业——从法律上讲我们必须保证收支平衡。
[ 单数名词 ]
the situation in which a bookmaker accepts and pays out amounts of money that are risked on a particular result
赌局；打赌
They've already opened /started a book on the result of the next World Cup. 他们已经就下届世界杯赛的结果开设了赌局。
习语
be in sb's good/bad booksbe on the books
go by the book/do sth by the book
in my book
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