单词 | overbook |
释义 | overbook[ oh-ver-book ] / ˌoʊ vərˈbʊk / verb (used with object)to accept reservations for in excess of the number that can be accommodated: The airline routinely overbooks its flights so as to fill its planes even if there are last-minute cancellations. verb (used without object)to accept reservations in excess of the number that can be accommodated: If the hotel has overbooked, some of the conventioners won't have a place to stay. Origin of overbook1900–05; over- + book (v.) Words nearby overbookoverbite, overblouse, overblow, overblown, overboard, overbook, overboot, overbore, overborne, overbought, overbrake Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for overbook
British Dictionary definitions for overbookoverbook / (ˈəʊvəˌbuːk) / verb(tr) to make more reservations than there are places, tickets, hotel rooms, etc, available Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |
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