英语词汇“to open a book”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

a. A record of the bets accepted by a person (esp. a bookmaker), originally kept in a notebook. In early use also: a book recording the bets made by a person; = betting-book n. at betting n.¹ Compounds. to open a book: to invite or accept bets, offer odds (on possible outcomes of an event). Cf. to make (a) book at make v.¹ 17d, to run a book at run v. 81d.

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society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > betting > [noun] > book-maker's equipment > betting book or slip

book1714

betting-book1813

betting-slip1927

handbook1946

horse-book1962

1714 G. Lockhart Mem. Affairs Scotl. 215 The Articles themselves were kept a mighty Secret, no Copies being allow'd of them, and in England a Proclamation emitted, prohibiting all Books and Wagers on that Subject.

1812 Sporting Mag. 40 70/1 This is the exact statement of my bets, as my book left with Mr. Smith, Clerk of the Subscription-Betting-Room, at Tattersall's, for the inspection of the public, will prove.

1836 B. Disraeli Henrietta Temple III. xv. 196 Go and take all the odds you can get upon Goshawk. Come, now, tomorrow you will tell me you have a very pretty book.

1869 J. Greenwood Seven Curses London vi. xxii. 294 The pretty pair may with impunity renounce all responsibility, and open a book on the next race on the programme.

1926 Pop. Mech. Oct. 581/1 Reduce the odds offered to fractions, add up, and the result, if it was an honest book, at fair odds (which no book can be, if the bookmaker is to earn his living) should total one.

1988 J. Stevenson Fair Deal in Betting (Sporting Life) (ed. 2) 27 A book would be severely out of balance if the bookmaker were to be held to the prices he had laid for the other horses while the withdrawn horse was still in the market and the money for it in his satchel.

2002 Church Times 11 Jan. 3/4 Books were opened on who would be the next Archbishop of Canterbury just hours after the announcement that Dr Carey was to retire.

单词	to open a book
释义	> as lemmas to open a book a. A record of the bets accepted by a person (esp. a bookmaker), originally kept in a notebook. In early use also: a book recording the bets made by a person; = betting-book n. at betting n.¹ Compounds. to open a book: to invite or accept bets, offer odds (on possible outcomes of an event). Cf. to make (a) book at make v.¹ 17d, to run a book at run v. 81d. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > betting > [noun] > book-maker's equipment > betting book or slip book1714 betting-book1813 betting-slip1927 handbook1946 horse-book1962 1714 G. Lockhart Mem. Affairs Scotl. 215 The Articles themselves were kept a mighty Secret, no Copies being allow'd of them, and in England a Proclamation emitted, prohibiting all Books and Wagers on that Subject. 1812 Sporting Mag. 40 70/1 This is the exact statement of my bets, as my book left with Mr. Smith, Clerk of the Subscription-Betting-Room, at Tattersall's, for the inspection of the public, will prove. 1836 B. Disraeli Henrietta Temple III. xv. 196 Go and take all the odds you can get upon Goshawk. Come, now, tomorrow you will tell me you have a very pretty book. 1869 J. Greenwood Seven Curses London vi. xxii. 294 The pretty pair may with impunity renounce all responsibility, and open a book on the next race on the programme. 1926 Pop. Mech. Oct. 581/1 Reduce the odds offered to fractions, add up, and the result, if it was an honest book, at fair odds (which no book can be, if the bookmaker is to earn his living) should total one. 1988 J. Stevenson Fair Deal in Betting (Sporting Life) (ed. 2) 27 A book would be severely out of balance if the bookmaker were to be held to the prices he had laid for the other horses while the withdrawn horse was still in the market and the money for it in his satchel. 2002 Church Times 11 Jan. 3/4 Books were opened on who would be the next Archbishop of Canterbury just hours after the announcement that Dr Carey was to retire. extracted from bookn. < as lemmas
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