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’booking
office /7〇w/i (8/*£) a place where you
can buy tickets, at a train or bus station or at a theatre ( ^
站、剧院等的）售票处
book-ish /'bukij/ adj. (often disapproving) interested in
reading and studying, rather than in more active or practical things书呆子气的；学究似的
book-keep-er /'bukki:p0(r)/ noun a person whose job is to keep an accurate record of the accounts of a
business 薄记员 V book.keep.ing now/? [U]
'book
learning noun [\J] knowledge from
books or study rather than from experience 书本知识，学堂知识
(有别于实践经验）
book-let /'buklat/ noun a small thin book with a paper cover that contains
information about a particular subject小册子
book-maker /'bukmeik0(r)/ (also informal bookie) (also BrE formal 'turf accountant)
noun a person whose job is to take bets on the
result of horse races, etc. and pay out money to people who win (赛马等）赌注登士乂
► book-mak-ing noun [U]
book-mark /'bukmaik; NAmE -ma:rk/ noun 1 a strip of paper, etc. that you put between the pages of a book when you
finish reading so that you can easily find the place again 书签 _ 2 (<r〇mpwf/>7g 计）a record of the address of a file, a page on the Internet, etc. that
enables you to find it quickly书签（对文件&互联网网
页地址的登记，有助于迅速查找）►book.markverfc: [VN] Do you want to boofcmarfc this sfte?你想给这个站点 做书签吗？
book-mobile /'bukmabiil/ noun [NAm£) =
mobile
LIBRARY
book-plate /'bukpleit/ noun a decorative piece of paper that is stuck in a book to
show the name of the person who owns it藏书者标签（贴在书中）
book-sel-ler /'buksele(r)/ noun a person whose job is selling books 书商
book-shelf /'bokjelf/ noun {pi. book-shelves /'bukjelvz/) a shelf that you keep books on 书架 book-shop /'buk^Dp; NAmE -Jarp/ {especially
Br£) (NAmE usually book-store /'buksto:(r)/) noun a shop/store that
sells books 书店
book-stall /'bukstoil/ {especially Br^) (NAmE usually news-stand)
noun a small shop/store that is open at the
front, where you can buy books, newspapers or magazines, for example at a
station or an airport 书
亭；书摊
'book
token noun {Br$) a card, usually given as a gift, that you
can exchange for books of a particular value
购书（代金）券
book-worm /'bukw3：m; NAmE -W3：rm/ noun a person who likes
reading very much极爱读书必人；书迷；书虫
Bool-ean /'builian/ adj. {mathematics
Wi, computing if) connected with a system, used especially in computing and electronics, that uses only the numbers l (to show sth is
true) and 〇 (to show sth is false)布尔逻辑体 系的（分别以1和0代指是和非）.
.Boolean 'operator noun [computing if) a symbol or word such as ‘or’
or ‘and’，used in computer programs and searches to show what is
or is not included 布尔运 算符（计算机程序或搜索中or或and等表示“包括”或 “排除”的符号或词） boom /bu:m/ noun, verb • noun
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IN
BUSINESS/ECONOMY 商业；经济 1 ~ (in sth) a sudden increase in trade and economic activity; a period of wealth and
success (贸易和经济活动的）激增，繁荣：
a boom in car sa〖es 汽车销售额的剧增◊ liWng standards improved rapfd〖y during the post-war boom•在战后那段 繁荣昌盛的时期里，生活水平得到了迅速提髙。
year (for trade, exports, etc.)(贸易、出 口等）兴盛的一
年◊ aproperty/housingboom房地产/住虏的迅速发展
◊ a chaotic period 〇/boom and bust 经济繁荣与经济萧 条交替出现的混乱时期一compare slump /7. —see also
BABY BOOM
POPULAR PERIOD 风靡期 2 [usually sing.] a period when