| 单词 | in paperback |
| 释义 | > as lemmasin paperback A book bound in covers of stiff paper or flexible card. in paperback: in an edition bound in stiff paper or flexible card. Cf. hardback n. 2.Paperbacks are cheaper than hardbacks, and are usually published some time after the hardback edition. ΘΚΠ society > communication > book > kind of book > book of specific form or colour > [noun] > with specific type of back or cover blue book1633 green book1798 paperback1843 paper cover1843 yellowback1859 flat-back1888 greenback1893 paperbound1933 softback1951 hardback1953 hardcover1953 pocketbook1953 softcover1953 trade paperback1960 1834 Globe (Washington, D.C.) 29 Nov. For sale by the complete set or single number, bound, or in paper backs.] 1843 Southern Literary Messenger Nov. 704/1 Their ‘Ladies' cabinet series’ are among the neatest and most entertaining of the cheap paper-backs. 1884 Telegraphist 1 Aug. 116/1 A friend suggests that..the ‘Directory’ be issued, in paperback, at, say 3d. or 6d. 1899 R. Kipling Stalky & Co. 35 There are a pile of paper-backs on that shelf. a1911 D. G. Phillips Susan Lenox (1917) II. vii. 192 He was looking toward the row of paper backs that filled almost the whole length of the mantel. 1962 A. Huxley Let. 11 Feb. (1969) 929 Zen Flesh, Zen Bones (now in paperback). 1971 New Scientist 19 Aug. 433/1 It looks as if most people are going to have to wait for the paperback. 1994 Amer. Spectator June 62/1 A pre-packaged and easily excisable clump of praise, suitable for framing on the back of the book when it comes out in paperback. < as lemmas |
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