quire

🇺🇸 /ˈkwaɪər/ 🇬🇧 /ˈkwaɪə(r)/
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标签 RARE
noun
R

A small group of pages in a book, consisting of four sheets of paper folded together to make eight leaves or sixteen pages.

The book binder carefully assembled the quires before sewing them into the cover.

书籍装订工人在将这些折叠纸张缝入封面之前,仔细地组装了纸束。

translation

n. 书帖

词形变化

Plural quires