| 单词 | in folio |
| 释义 | > as lemmasin folio a. in folio, a phrase signifying ‘in the form of a full-sized sheet folded once’. Originally apprehended as a Latin phrase, used appositively or attributively; afterwards as consisting of an English preposition and noun. ΘΚΠ society > communication > book > kind of book > size of book > [adverb] > in folio in folio1582 1582 R. Parsons Def. Censure 148 I haue two editions in greeke: the one of learned Pagnine in folio, the other of Plantyne in octauo. 1598 W. Shakespeare Love's Labour's Lost i. ii. 176 Deuise Wit, write Pen, for I am for whole volumes in folio . View more context for this quotation 1644 J. Evelyn Mem. (1857) I. 89 That rare book in a large folio. 1679 H. Croft Short Narr. Discov. College of Jesuits 4 Divinity Books..in Folio and Quarto. 1763 W. Massey Origin & Progress Lett. ii. 59 All the curious hands..engraved on 28 brass plates in folio. 1819 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Oct. 29 I asked her if she would have it in folio, with marginal notes? 1837 H. Hallam Introd. Lit. Europe I. iii. 342 The more usual form of books printed in the fifteenth century is in folio. < as lemmas |
| 随便看 |
英语词典包含1132095条英英释义在线翻译词条，基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法，是英语学习的有利工具。