英语词汇“paper”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词	paper
释义	pa·per I. \ˈpāpə(r)\ noun (-s) Etymology: Middle English papir, from Middle French papier, from Latin papyrus paper, papyrus, from Greek papyros papyrus 1. a. (1) : a felted sheet of usually vegetable but sometimes mineral or synthetic fibers laid down on a fine screen from a water suspension (2) : paper in sheets 6/1000 inch or thinner — compare board b. : a sheet or piece of paper c. : a paper surface < the mind can never resemble a blank paper — J.H.Newman > < put pen to paper > d. : something resembling true paper in form and use or in composition: as (1) : papyrus (2) : papier-mâché 2. a. : a piece of paper containing a written or printed statement (as of identity, authority, or ownership) : document, instrument — usually used in plural whether applying to one or to more than one item < naturalization papers > < officer's papers > < pedigree papers > < were both forced to flee the country, separately and without papers — Current Biography > < this policy, including the endorsements and the attached papers — Mutual of Omaha > — compare ship's papers, working papers; first papers, second papers b. : any piece of paper containing writing or print (as a letter or memorandum) — usually used in plural < family papers > < the state papers of a president > c. : a literary composition especially of brief, occasional, or fragmentary nature — usually used in plural < his collected papers — not all previously printed — are too short to be called essays — Times Literary Supplement > 3. a. : a piece of paper shaped to serve as a receptacle or wrapper (as for tacks) < a paper of peppermints in her pocket — Flora Thompson > b. : a card or paper folder to which articles (as needles) are attached < the page he had marked with a paper of matches — Frederick Buechner > < a paper of pins > 4. a. : newspaper < daily paper > < his picture would be in the papers — Mary Austin > < paper carrier > < paper route > < paper stand > b. : publication; especially : one resembling a newspaper in format, content, or frequency of publication < church paper > < school paper > < trade paper > 5. a. : negotiable notes < assets of the bank were shot through with bad paper — W.A.White > < real-estate portfolios were choked with foreclosed paper — Fortune > < long-term paper > < short-term paper > — compare commercial paper b. : paper money < with a pocketful of paper to grab rich mineral and timber lands — American Guide Series: Minnesota > 6. : wallpaper < pictorial papers printed from wood blocks were imported — H.S.Morrison > 7. : a piece of written schoolwork: a. : a written examination — used of either the examiner's questions or the student's answers < candidates may take … either (1) a paper in Latin; or (2) a paper in Greek — Edinburgh University Cal. > b. : a written assignment done either as an exercise in composition or as a report on an assigned topic < freshman English is a hard course to teach because of the many papers coming in weekly > < our history paper is due next week > < term paper > — compare essay, thesis 8. a. : a composition of informational nature (as on a scientific or historical topic) for reading before a group < do a paper for our reading circle — Agnes S. Turnbull > also : its presentation < all of these papers were extremely well attended and received — Veterinary Record > b. : a similar composition written for publication (as in a journal or in the form of a monograph) or circulation 9. a. : tickets < the paper at the box office is all sold — Barnaby Conrad > especially : free passes b. : persons admitted free (as to a theater performance) < most of the first-night audience was paper > < saw at once that the house was filled with paper — James Joyce > 10. : curlpaper — usually used in plural 11. slang : marked playing cards 12. slang : bills, posters, or circulars distributed to advertise something (as an appearance of a traveling show) < the circus fell a couple of days behind its paper > 13. : paper work < by paper and red tape — Roy Lewis & Angus Maude > • - off paper - on paper II. transitive verb (papered ; papered ; papering \-p(ə)riŋ\ ; papers) 1. archaic : to put down on paper : make a memorandum of : describe in writing 2. : to fold or inclose in or attach to paper < paper butterflies > < paper pins up > 3. : to affix paper to : cover or line with paper; especially : to furnish with wallpaper < paper a room > 4. : sandpaper < paper down until only sufficient color is left to lighten the wood — C.H.Hayward > 5. : to supply with an audience augmented by giving out many free tickets < paper a theater for an opening night > 6. : to cover (an area) with advertising bills, posters, or circulars (as for a circus engagement or a boxing match) 7. slang : to cover with worthless checks or counterfeit currency < left after papering the country with bad checks — H.L.Davis > < can get papered like a circus billboard if you don't know the man you are doing black-market business with — David Dodge > 8. : to gloss over, explain away, or patch up (major differences) so as to provide a semblance of amity or agreement — used especially in the phrase paper over the cracks < the meeting … has done little to paper over the cracks between the member states — Economist > *intransitive verb* : to hang wallpaper < passion for perpetual painting and papering — Mary H. Vorse > III. adjective 1. a. : made wholly or almost wholly of paper, paperboard, or papier-mâché < paper bag > < paper towel > < paper napkin > < paper mulch > < paper carton > < paper plate > b. : like paper (as in texture, strength, or thickness) : papery 2. a. : carried on by the exchange of written or printed matter : consisting of written communications or printed matter < paper friendships > < paper wars > < paper bullets > b. : involving or involved with paper work : clerical, desk < those paper procedures by which so much of the business of the Services is transacted — H.W.Dodds > < the fighting navy and the paper navy — Frederic Wakeman > < the general was transferred to a paper command > 3. a. : authorized or decreed but not effectively enforced : planned but not put into execution : proffered but not fulfilled : nominal < paper blockade > < paper promises > < the paper strength of an army > < a project still in the paper stage > b. (1) : computed or computable as the result of hypothetical business transactions < paper losses from selling the stocks too soon > (2) : figured on paper without involving actual money or credit transfers < paper surplus > (3) : prospective but unrealized < basing hopes for expansion on paper profits > 4. : composed largely of persons admitted by free passes < paper audience > < paper house > 5. : issued as paper currency < paper mark > < paper peso > 6. : paperback < a paper edition > < paper books > 7. of thin fabrics : finished with a crisp smooth surface similar to that of paper < paper taffeta >
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