说到book这个词,大家最先想到的可能都是书籍的意思吧,那么,它还有别的意思吗?小编为大家整理了一些相关习语,希望对大家学习有帮助:
1.read someone like a book 看透某人的想法
She couldn't tell a lie if she wanted to. You can always read her like a book.
她想说谎都不行。你总是可以轻易看透她。
I know what he'll probably do. I can read him like a book.
我知道他可能会干什么,我对他了如指掌。
His lie was nailed to the counter cause his mother read him like a book.
他的谎言被揭穿了,因为他妈妈太了解他了。
2.an open book 与第一个习语相反,这个短语表示“众所周知的事或毫无秘密的事”They have no secrets. He is like an open book to her.
他们之间没有秘密,他对她毫无秘密。
3.do something by the book/go by the book 按规矩做事,循规蹈矩地做事
There is nothing really wrong to go by the book.
一切照规章行事,没有不对的地方。
She does everything by the book.
她做事循规蹈矩,小心谨慎。
4.a closed book 鲜为人知高深莫测的事;不熟悉的人或物
Skiing is a closed book to me.
我对滑雪是一窍不通。
His early life is a closed book.
他的早年生活是个不可告人的谜.
这些跟book有关的习语,大家都学会了吗?