| 单词 | paper-reed |
| 释义 | paper /pāˈpər/noun
ORIGIN: Anglo-Fr papir, OFr (Fr) papier, from L papyrus, from Gr papȳros papyrus paˈperer noun paˈpering noun
paˈperless adjective Using esp electronic means instead of paper for communication, recording, etc paˈpery adjective Like paper paˈperback noun A book with a flexible paper cover (also adjective) transitive verb To publish in paperback form paˈperbark noun An Australian myrtaceous tree (Melaleuca leucodendron) with papery bark, the source of cajuput paˈper-birchˈ noun An American birch with papery bark paˈperboard noun
paˈperbound noun A paperback (also adjective) paˈperboy or paˈpergirl noun A boy or girl who delivers newspapers paˈper-case noun A box for writing materials, etc paper chase noun
paˈper-cigarˈ noun (obsolete) A cigarette paper clip noun
paˈper-cloth noun A fabric prepared in the Pacific islands from the inner bark of the paper mulberry paˈper-coal noun A lignite that splits into thin layers paˈper-credˈit noun Credit given to a person on the strength of their providing proof of being owed money by a third party paˈper-cutter noun
paˈper-day noun (law) One of certain days in each term for hearing cases down in the paper or roll of business paˈper-enamˈel noun An enamel for cards and fine note-paper paper engineering noun The technique of making pop-up books, etc paˈper-faced adjective (Shakespeare)
paper fastener noun A button with two blades that can be forced through papers and bent back to hold the sheets together paˈper-feeder noun An apparatus for delivering sheets of paper to a printing press, etc paˈper-file noun An appliance for filing papers paˈper-folder noun A folder (2nd sense) paˈper-gauge noun A rule for measuring the typeface of matter to be printed, and the width of the margin paˈperhanger noun
paˈperhangings plural noun Paper for covering walls paˈperknife noun A thin, flat blade for cutting open the leaves of books, other folded papers, or used as a letter-opener paper-mâchˈé noun Papier-mâché paˈper-maker noun A manufacturer of paper paˈper-making noun paˈper-marˈbler noun Someone engaged in marbling paper paper mill noun A mill where paper is made paper money noun Banknotes, pieces of paper stamped or marked by government or by a bank, as representing a certain value of money, which pass from hand to hand instead of the coin itself paper mulberry noun A tree (Broussonetia papyrifera) of E Asia and Polynesia, of the mulberry family, whose inner bark yields tapa cloth and paper-making material paˈper-musˈlin noun A glazed muslin paper nautilus noun The argonaut (see under nautilus) paˈper-offˈice noun An office where state papers are kept paper profits plural noun The appreciation in value of a bond, share, etc paˈper-pulp noun Pulpy material for making paper paˈper-pushˈer noun (derog sl) A clerk, esp in a humble or humdrum position paˈper-reed noun The papyrus paper round or (N American) paper route noun (the job of making) a regular series of newspaper deliveries paˈper-rulˈer noun A person who, or an instrument which, makes straight lines on paper paˈper-sailˈor noun An argonaut paˈper-stainˈer noun
paper tape noun (computing) A paper data-recording tape, which records information by means of punched holes paper tape punch noun A machine that perforates paper tape paper tape reader noun A device that senses and translates the holes punched in a paper tape into machine-processable form paˈper-thin adjective
paper tiger noun A person or organization that appears to be powerful but is in fact not paper trail noun A sequence of documents that can be followed, eg in a criminal investigation paˈperware noun Items made of paper, eg books, manuals, packaging, etc paˈper-washˈing noun (photography) Water in which prints have been washed paper wasp noun A large wasp (Polistes) that builds a papery nest from wood pulp paˈperweight noun A small often decorative weight for keeping loose papers from being displaced paˈperwork noun
on paper
paper over (the cracks in) To create the impression that there is or has been no dissent, error, or fault in (something doubtful) paper the house To fill a theatre by issuing free passes |
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