English Dictionary

book up

動詞

他動詞 俗語

(transitive) To reserve or book all of something, for example by purchasing all the tickets. / (chess, slang) To study opening lines in great detail in order to gain an advantage.

日本語の意味

全てを予約する、または、全チケットなどをまとめて予約する / チェスの俗語で、序盤の定石を詳細に研究することによって優位を取ろうとする行為

The travel club decided to book up all the cabins on the cruise for their reunion.

旅行クラブは同窓会のためにクルーズの客室をすべて予約することにした。

意味（1）

(transitive) To reserve or book all of something, for example by purchasing all the tickets.

意味（2）

(chess, slang) To study opening lines in great detail in order to gain an advantage.

There would be more extraordinary clock goings on in the big game of the day, Aronian-Firouzja, which began by giving a partial answer to the question of what Alireza Firouzja had been doing for the last five months. He’d been booking up on some old theory!

books up （ present singular third-person ）

booking up （ participle present ）

booked up （ participle past ）

booked up （ past ）