核心畫面
A useful picture is a name going into a book. Someone your name against a seat, a room, a table, or a date — and from that moment that thing is held for you and nobody else can take it. The word covers the arrangement itself, not the paper: what matters is that a slot in the future now has your name on it.
可以想成：有人把你的名字寫進一本簿子裡。名字一寫上去，那個位子、那個房間、那張桌子、那個日期就被扣住了，別人拿不走。…更多收起
可以想成：有人把你的名字寫進一本簿子裡。名字一寫上去，那個位子、那個房間、那張桌子、那個日期就被扣住了，別人拿不走。booking 指的是這個「安排」本身，不是那張紙——重點在於未來的某一格已經掛上了你的名字。也因為畫面的核心比較像「寫名字進簿子」，這個字可以往兩邊長：往好的一邊是幫你保留，往壞的一邊是把你的名字記下來、留作處分的紀錄。原始詞典資料6 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
bookingnoun/ˈbʊkɪŋ/
- 1
The act or process of writing something down in a book or books, e.g. in accounting.
- 2
A reservation for a service, such as travel or hotel accommodation.
- Advance bookings were initially suspended. They are now available again, but with less than one-week's availability at a time.
- 3
The engagement of a performer for a particular performance.
- 4
hobbieslifestylesportsThe issuing of a caution which is usually written down in a book, and results in a yellow card or (after two bookings) a red card, that is to say, the player is sent from the field of play.
- 5
lawThe process of photographing, fingerprinting and recording the identifying data of a suspect following arrest.
這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形：
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。