book /bʊk/ CET4 TEM4 ( booking, booked, books )

• 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

  例：

  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。

  例：

  ...the author of a book on politics.

  …一本政治书的作者。

  例：

  ...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

  例：

  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

  例：

  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。

  例：

  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]

  例：

  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

  例：

  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

  例：

  ...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

  例：

  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

  例：

  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。