overbook
英 [əʊvə'bʊk]
美[,ovɚ'bʊk]
- vt. 使过量预订；超额订出
中文词源
overbook 超额预订
over-,超过，过度，book,预订。
助记提示
1. over- "above normal" + book "预定".
双语例句
- 1. Planes are crowded, airlines overbook, and departures are almost never on time.
- 飞机拥挤不堪，航空公司超额售票，起飞时间几乎从未准点过。
来自柯林斯例句
英文词源
- overbook (v.)
- "to sell more tickets than there are seats," 1903, from over- + book (v.); originally in reference to theaters. Related: Overbooked; overbooking.
词态变化
第三人称单数: overbooks;过去式: overbooked;过去分词: overbooked;现在分词: overbooking;