quire
英 [kwaɪə]
美['kwaɪɚ]
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释义
中文词源
quire 对折的四张纸，一刀
来自古法语quaier,来自拉丁语quater,四位，词源同four,quarter.用于指对折的四张纸，通常 为16 页，有些地方也指24 页。
英文词源
- quire
- quire: see quarter
- quire (n.1)
- c. 1200, "set of four folded pages for a book; pamphlet consisting of a single quire," from Anglo-French quier, Old French quaier "sheet of paper folded in four," from Vulgar Latin *quaternus, from Latin quaterni "four each," from quater "four times." Meaning "standard unit for selling paper" first recorded late 14c. In quires (late 15c.) means "unbound."
- quire (n.2)
- early form and later variant spelling of choir (q.v.).
英英释意
- 1. a quantity of paper; 24 or 25 sheets
考试真题
- And I'd imagine you would be doing quire a lot of teaching outside the school, and moving around quite a bit.
出自-2010年6月听力原文