| 单词 | in sheets |
| 释义 | > as lemmasin sheets b. in sheets: lying flat or expanded, not folded. ΚΠ 1887 in Cassell's Encycl. Dict. VI. in sheets b. in sheets: (of books) not bound. ΘΚΠ society > communication > book > manufacture or production of books > book-binding > [adjective] > bound > unbound in (loose) quires1437 unbound1541 in sheets1693 ungathered1888 1693 London Gaz. No. 2854/4 Numbers of the Books..have been..stolen out of Thomas Basset's Warehouse.., all in Sheets. 1762 S. Foote Orators ii. 49 Four hundred of News from the Invisible World in sheets. 1880 J. W. Zaehnsdorf Art of Bookbinding i. 1 Should the amateur wish to have his books in sheets, he may get them by asking his bookseller for them. 1972 P. Gaskell New Introd. Bibliogr. 144 Long books were divided in quires of 12–24 sheets before this folding took place; hence ‘books in quires’ as a synonym for books in sheets. < as lemmas |
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