paperback

英 [ˈpeɪpəbæk]

美 [ˈpeɪpərbæk]

n.  平装书; 简装书

复数：paperbacks　过去式：paperbacked　

考研

Collins.2 / BNC.7936 / COCA.8235

牛津词典

noun

• 平装书；简装书
  a book that has a thick paper cover
  1. a cheap paperback
     一本廉价的简装书
  2. When is it coming out in paperback ?
     这本书的平装本什么时候出版？
  3. a paperback book/edition
     平装书 / 版本

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 平装本
  Apaperbackis a book with a thin cardboard or paper cover.
  1. She said she would buy the book when it comes out in paperback.
     她说等那本书出平装本时再买。

英英释义

noun

• a book with paper covers
  Synonym:paperback bookpaper-back booksoftback booksoftbacksoft-cover booksoft-cover

adj

• (of books) having a flexible binding
  Synonym:paperbacked

双语例句

• When is the novel coming out in paperback?
  那部小说的平装本什么时候出版？
• She flicked through a romantic paperback between occasional dips in the pool.
  用在泳池里游一阵后歇一阵的几个空当，她翻完了一本平装本言情小说。
• The novel sold 200, 000 copies in hardcover and 2 million in paperback.
  那本小说的精装本卖了二十万册，平装本卖了两百万册。
• Her latest novel's out in paperback this week.
  她的最新小说于本周平装出版。
• Jessie: I heard a song recently about a paperback writer and it has given me some good ideas.
  杰西：我最近听了一首关于平装书作家的歌，这首歌给了我一些很好的启示。
• It was launched last year in paperback with an initial print run of 7,000 copies.
  这本书的平装本在去年推出，首次印数为7,000册。
• The hardback edition is more expensive than the paperback.
  精装本比平装本贵。
• A paperback edition is now available at bookshops.
  平装本现在在书店可以买到。
• This writer's books are all issued as paperback.
  这位作家的书都是平装书。
• He edits a Sociology series for a paperback publisher.
  他替一家平装书出版商选编了一套社会学丛书。