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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary

book [buk]
  1. 1. noun [c] (novel etc) 书
  2. 2. noun [of stamps] [ tickets]
  3. 3. vt. [+ticket] [ table] [ seat] [ room] 预订
  4. 4. vt. [traffic warden] [ police officer+] 登记
    I was booked for speeding.
    我因超速驾车而被记名
  5. 5. vt. [Soccer] 记名警告
  6. 6. n pl [商] books (accounts) 账目
    by the book
    照章办事
    to throw the book at sb
    重罚某人
    fully booked
    预订一空
    to keep the books
    簿记

Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary

book [bʊk]
  1. 1. noun [宗教,书名] 可兰经》,《古兰经
    Next to the Qur'an the most important Muslim holy book is the Hadith.
    可兰经——最重要的穆斯林圣经,旁边穆罕默德言行录
  2. 2. noun [Person Name] 博克,布克
  3. 3. n.[c] 书,书籍
    Take some time out of your busy life to read this book.
    繁忙工作中抽出点时间读读这本书。
    I am reading a good book on economics.
    正在一本很好的经济学类的书。
  4. 4. noun [Person Name] 伯克
  5. 5. noun [宗教,书名] 圣经
    The good Book tells us to love our neighbors.
    圣经告诉我们热爱邻里
  6. 6. n.[c] 本子书本
    Many of the rooms now used to store books would have been bedrooms.
    许多用于储藏书籍房间现在已经变成卧室
    He used a large book as a doorstop.
    他用一本厚书控制住门。
  7. 7. n.[c] 记录记载
    Check the book if you don't believe me.
    如果你不相信我,可以档案
  8. 8. n.[c] [Singular] 剧本脚本
  9. 9. n.[c] [Business] [Plural] 账簿账本
    In order to balance the books, our governments are hitting us with ever more crippling taxes.
    为了平衡账面我们政府我们征收更高的税。
    They got a subpoena to examine our books.
    他们拿到了传票,要来检查我们的书。
  10. 10. n.[c] [Card Games] 完成约定的牌墩数
  11. 11. n.[c] 规章准则制度
    Archers must stand to shoot, according to the book.
    按照规定射手必须站直了射击
    They run things by the book around here.
    他们规定办事
  12. 12. n.[c] 章,卷,册
    The book of Leviticus, in the Bible, tells us about religious law.
    圣经中的利未记》向我们讲了有关宗教的法律
  13. 13. n.[c] 装订成册的同类物品
    Regular users of the bridge can purchase books of discounted tickets.
    定期过桥的人可以购买大量的折扣票。
    He bought a book of stamps.
    他买了一本邮票
  14. 14. n.[c] [Horse Racing] 赌注登记赌注登记簿
  15. 15. n.[u] [Singular] 电话簿电话号码簿
  16. 16. vt. [American English] 预雇,预先安排
    We're currently in the process of booking some new gigs.
    我们正在准备新的爵士乐演奏会。
    Her agent had booked her for several concerts in Tokyo.
    她的经济人已经替她在东京安排了几场音乐会
  17. 17. verb 预定预约
    I'm trying to book plane tickets for someone else.
    正在为其他人预定飞机票。
    The agent booked tickets to the show for the whole family.
    代理机构全家订购演出门票
  18. 18. vt. [Spoken] 记录
    If you race on the roads the police may try to book you for dangerous driving.
    如果你在马路上飚车,就可能因这种危险驾驶行为被警察记录在案
    The policeman booked her when she tried to solicit a man.
    试图拉客时被警察抓住了,警察对她做了登记备案
  19. 19. vt. (在酒店登记姓名
    The hotel is often fully booked with regular clients.
    这家旅馆经常定期前来客人定满。
  20. 20. vi. 离开
  21. 21. vi. 学习
  22. 22. vt. 指控……某项罪名
  23. 23. adjective 书的,书本
  24. 24. adjective 来自书本的,根据书本

Collins English-English Dictionary

book [bυk]
  1. 1. n a number of printed or written pages bound together along one edge and usually protected by thick paper or stiff pasteboard covers - See also hardback paperback
  2. 2. n a written work or composition, such as a novel, technical manual, or dictionary
  3. 3. n (as modifier)
    the book trade
    book reviews
  4. 4. n (in combination)
    bookseller
    bookshop
    bookshelf
    bookrack
  5. 5. n a number of blank or ruled sheets of paper bound together, used to record lessons, keep accounts, etc
  6. 6. n [plural] a record of the transactions of a business or society
  7. 7. n the script of a play or the libretto of an opera, musical, etc
  8. 8. n a major division of a written composition, as of a long novel or of the Bible
  9. 9. n a number of tickets, sheets, stamps, etc, fastened together along one edge
  10. 10. n [bookmaking] a record of the bets made on a horse race or other event
  11. 11. n (in card games) the number of tricks that must be taken by a side or player before any trick has a scoring value
    in bridge, six of the 13 tricks form the book
  12. 12. n strict or rigid regulations, rules, or standards (esp in the phrases according to the book, by the book)
  13. 13. n a source of knowledge or authority
    the book of life
  14. 14. n a telephone directory (in the phrase in the book)
  15. 15. vb to reserve (a place, passage, etc) or engage the services of (a performer, driver, etc) in advance
    to book a flight
    to book a band
  16. 16. vt. [tr] to take the name and address of (a person guilty of a minor offence) with a view to bringing a prosecution
    he was booked for ignoring a traffic signal
  17. 17. vt. [tr] (of a football referee) to take the name of (a player) who grossly infringes the rules while playing, two such acts resulting in the player's dismissal from the field
  18. 18. vt. [tr] [Archaic] to record in a book
  19. 19. vt. See also book in book into book out book up
  20. 20. vt. [Etymology] Old English boc; related to Old Norse bok, Old High German buoh book, Gothic boka letter; see beech (the bark of which was used as a writing surface)

Examples

I gave David the book, I gave the book to David
我把这本书送给了戴维
His first book is not in the same same street as his second book.
他的第一本书远比不上他的第二本。
Put the book aside for me.
把书给我留下。
an account book
(会计)帐簿
an open book
尽人皆知的事;毫无秘密(或隐瞒)的事

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