英语词汇“bookend”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

bookend

(bʊkend ) also book-end

Word forms: bookends , bookending, bookended

1. countable noun [usually plural]

Bookends are a pair of supports used to hold a row of books in an upright position by placing one at each end of the row.

2. verb

If an event is bookended by things, they happen before and after it.

Most trips to Japan can be bookended with a short stay in Tokyo. [be VERB-ed + with]

The play is bookended by scenes between Nadia and her American students. [be VERB-ed + by]

He bookended the concert with his two most famous songs. [V n with]

3. verb

If things bookend something, they are placed at both ends of it.

Two smaller apartments bookend the main house. [V n ]

19 private villas are bookended by palm-bordered beaches and monkey-filled rainforest. [be VERB-ed + by]

单词	bookend
释义	bookend (bʊkend ) also book-end Word forms: bookends , bookending, bookended 1. countable noun [usually plural] Bookends are a pair of supports used to hold a row of books in an upright position by placing one at each end of the row. 2. verb If an event is bookended by things, they happen before and after it. Most trips to Japan can be bookended with a short stay in Tokyo. [be VERB-ed + with] The play is bookended by scenes between Nadia and her American students. [be VERB-ed + by] He bookended the concert with his two most famous songs. [V n with] 3. verb If things bookend something, they are placed at both ends of it. Two smaller apartments bookend the main house. [V n ] 19 private villas are bookended by palm-bordered beaches and monkey-filled rainforest. [be VERB-ed + by]
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