quire

🇺🇸 /ˈkwaɪər/ 🇬🇧 /ˈkwaɪə(r)/
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難度
標籤 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.

書籍裝訂工人在將這些折疊紙張縫入封面之前,小心地組裝了紙束。

translation

n. 書帖

詞形變化

Plural quires