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

• 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。
• A paperback edition is now available at bookshops.
  平装本现在在书店可以买到。
• 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。
• We have a paperback and a hardback version.
  我们有平装本和精装本。
• 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。
• 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。
• The editor-in-chief hopes that his next book will be issued as a paperback, as this will increase the sales.
  主编希望他的第二本书能以平装本出版，这样会增大销售量。
• The publisher proposed to do both a hardback and a cheap paperback edition.
  出版商提议既出精装本也出廉价的纸面本。
• The publishers have telescoped the large dictionary into a paperback edition suitable for college students.
  出版者已将那本大词典压缩成适合于大学生用的平装版。
• The novel is the fastest-selling paperback of all time and has sold more than 70 million copies worldwide.
  《五十度灰》原著小说是史上销售最快的平装本，在全球范围内卖出了7000千万本。