spoken for
adjective[after verb]
uk/ˈspəʊ.kən ˌfɔːr/us/ˈspoʊ.kən ˌfɔːr/If something is spoken for, it is notavailablebecause someone has alreadyboughtoraskedfor it:
已有人订购的;有人要的Most of thebestpaintingsin theexhibitionwere already spoken for.展览中大多数最好的画作都已经有人订购了。
old-fashioned
If someone is spoken for, they are notavailablefor aromanticrelationshipbecause they are already having one with someoneelse:
(人)有主的Bothgirlswere spoken for.两个女孩都已经名花有主了。
Unavailable and inaccessible
- busy
- busy signal
- discontinued
- gone
- impenetrable
- inaccessibility
- inaccessible
- irrecoverably
- lost
- off
- out-of-pocket
- oversubscribed
- reserved
- season
- tie
- unaccounted for
- unavailability
- unavailable
- unreachable
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