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单词 paperback
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Definition of paperback in English:

paperback

noun ˈpeɪpəbakˈpeɪpərˌbæk
  • A book bound in stiff paper or flexible card.

    the shelves were stacked with well-thumbed paperbacks
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The usual gap between hardback and paperback publication of a book is roughly one year.
    • There are too many minor mistakes, which need correction before a paperback edition.
    • This concise guide booklet is only available as a paperback edition, and is sure to add value for anyone visiting the park.
    • Penguin remaindered the hardback when the paperback had scarcely had time to reach the shops.
    • We can only hope that the publishers will soon issue an inexpensive paperback edition.
    • He was in the city on Wednesday, to conduct a reading session and to launch the paperback edition of his debut book.
    • This article is excerpted from the new preface to the updated paperback edition.
    • It is a cheap paperback reprint of the second edition of a dictionary, of English as spoken in Jamaica.
    • Is it asking too much for the paperback edition to at least acknowledge that there's been some change?
    • Rhea handed him a thick paperback book with dog-eared corners.
    • His blockbuster titles have been topping both the paperback and hardback nonfiction lists.
    • The paperback edition is due to hit book stores across North America this month.
    • This paperback edition has a new introduction and some new illustrations and the text has been updated to include new materials.
    • She dug through her bag, fishing out a paperback book and a magazine.
    • Weighing in at 600 pages and combining two volumes in one paperback edition, it also includes around fifty photos and a dozen maps.
    • Here at last is a small paperback textbook to provide an introduction to the field.
    • This paperback edition can only help to increase Roth's growing fame.
    • It is a small paperback book easily available and still in print.
    • The paperback fourth edition includes more charts and graphs as well as a chapter on trading futures online.
    • The preliminary pages of the paperback edition give copious quotes from favourable reviews of the book in the major newspapers.
    Synonyms
    book, volume, hardback, title, work, tome, opus, treatise, manual, register, almanac, yearbook, compendium
adjective ˈpeɪpəbakˈpeɪpərˌbæk
  • (of a book) bound in stiff paper or flexible card.

    the paperback edition of her biography

Phrases

  • in paperback

    • In an edition bound in stiff paper or flexible card.

      the novel is now available in paperback
      Example sentencesExamples
      • This week's book review was published this year in paperback after its initial publication in hard cover last year.
      • This set him off on the idea of publishing literature in paperback, making it available cheaply and widely.
      • This book was published in hard back in November 1998 and is coming out in paperback in January 2000.
      • Let's hope for a quicker-to-read, smaller and cheaper reprinting in paperback.
      • First published in hardback in 2003, the book is now available in paperback.
 
 

Definition of paperback in US English:

paperback

nounˈpāpərˌbakˈpeɪpərˌbæk
  • A book bound in stiff paper or flexible cardboard.

    the shelves were stacked with well-thumbed paperbacks
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The paperback fourth edition includes more charts and graphs as well as a chapter on trading futures online.
    • The preliminary pages of the paperback edition give copious quotes from favourable reviews of the book in the major newspapers.
    • This paperback edition has a new introduction and some new illustrations and the text has been updated to include new materials.
    • She dug through her bag, fishing out a paperback book and a magazine.
    • Is it asking too much for the paperback edition to at least acknowledge that there's been some change?
    • His blockbuster titles have been topping both the paperback and hardback nonfiction lists.
    • This paperback edition can only help to increase Roth's growing fame.
    • We can only hope that the publishers will soon issue an inexpensive paperback edition.
    • The usual gap between hardback and paperback publication of a book is roughly one year.
    • There are too many minor mistakes, which need correction before a paperback edition.
    • He was in the city on Wednesday, to conduct a reading session and to launch the paperback edition of his debut book.
    • Rhea handed him a thick paperback book with dog-eared corners.
    • It is a small paperback book easily available and still in print.
    • The paperback edition is due to hit book stores across North America this month.
    • Weighing in at 600 pages and combining two volumes in one paperback edition, it also includes around fifty photos and a dozen maps.
    • This concise guide booklet is only available as a paperback edition, and is sure to add value for anyone visiting the park.
    • Here at last is a small paperback textbook to provide an introduction to the field.
    • Penguin remaindered the hardback when the paperback had scarcely had time to reach the shops.
    • This article is excerpted from the new preface to the updated paperback edition.
    • It is a cheap paperback reprint of the second edition of a dictionary, of English as spoken in Jamaica.
    Synonyms
    book, volume, hardback, title, work, tome, opus, treatise, manual, register, almanac, yearbook, compendium
adjectiveˈpāpərˌbakˈpeɪpərˌbæk
  • (of a book) bound in stiff paper or flexible cardboard.

    the paperback edition of her biography

Phrases

  • in paperback

    • In an edition bound in stiff paper or flexible cardboard.

      the novel is now available in paperback
      Example sentencesExamples
      • First published in hardback in 2003, the book is now available in paperback.
      • Let's hope for a quicker-to-read, smaller and cheaper reprinting in paperback.
      • This week's book review was published this year in paperback after its initial publication in hard cover last year.
      • This set him off on the idea of publishing literature in paperback, making it available cheaply and widely.
      • This book was published in hard back in November 1998 and is coming out in paperback in January 2000.
 
 
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