喜樂美語
  1. 1nA2/ˈpeɪpərbæk/ · /ˈpeɪpəbæk/平裝本

    a book with a cover made of thick, stiff paper.

    示範例句 · Example

    Mei bought a paperback at the bookstore near the MRT station.

    逐字美在捷運站附近的書店買了一本平裝本。

    「paperback」指封面是厚紙的書，中文常說「平裝本」或「平裝書」。它通常比精裝本（hardback / hardcover）輕、也比較便宜，方便塞進書包或旅行袋。常見說法：a paperback（一本平裝書）、in paperback（以平裝本出版／販售）。核心畫面可以想成「用紙當封面的書」，跟硬殼封面的精裝本成對出現。

    常見搭配

    • in paperback

      以平裝本（出版／販售）

      published or sold as a paperback

      The two books for class are both cheap and in paperback.

    • a paperback edition

      平裝版

      a version of a book with a paper cover

      The paperback edition costs much less than the hardback.

    • buy a paperback

      買一本平裝書

      to purchase a paper-cover book

      I'll buy a paperback at the airport for the flight.

    • publish / come out in paperback

      以平裝本出版／上市

      to release a book as a paperback

      His new book will be published in paperback in December.

    • mass-market paperback

      大眾市場平裝本（較小、較便宜）

      a small, cheap paperback sold in many shops

      She picked up a mass-market paperback for the weekend.

    • available in paperback

      有平裝本可買

      you can buy it as a paperback

      Most of these history books are now available in paperback.

    意思相近

    softbacksoftcoverpaperbound book

    意思相反

    hardbackhardcover

core核心畫面

Picture the book you can roll into a coat pocket: the cover is stiff card rather than board, so it bends, weighs little, and costs less. The name points straight at that cover — paper at the back and front.

可以想成：可以捲起來塞進外套口袋的那種書——封面是硬一點的紙板而不是厚殼，所以會彎、很輕、也比較便宜。這個字的名字直接指著那個封面：前後都是紙做的。

複數 paperbacks

意思相近

softbacksoftcoverpaperbound book

意思相反

hardbackhardcover

原始詞典資料3 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

paperbacknoun/ˈpeɪ.pə.bæk/

  • 1

    A book with flexible binding.

paperbackadj/ˈpeɪ.pə.bæk/

  • 1

    Having flexible binding.

paperbackverb/ˈpeɪ.pə.bæk/

  • 1

    mediapublishingTo issue or publish (a book) in a paperback edition.

    • Max was anticipating paperbacking The Bodley Head's books in house rather than licensing the paperback rights to a third party, like Penguin, which reduced his royalties and might eventually lose him authors to vertical publishers.

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