释义 |
quire1 /kwīr/ (printing) noun- The twentieth part of a ream, 24 sheets of paper (now often 25) of the same size and quality
- Formerly, four sheets of paper or parchment folded together to make eight leaves
- (also quair /kwār/) a (quire-filling) book or poem (obsolete)
transitive verb To fold in quires ORIGIN: OFr quaier (Fr cahier), prob from LL quaternum a set of four sheets, from L quattuor four quire2 /kwīr/ noun an obsolete spelling of choir quirister /kwirˈis-tər/ noun (obsolete) Chorister |