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n. 纸, 文件, 文章, 报纸, 证券, 证件 vt. 用纸糊, 贴壁纸于, 用纸包装 vi. 贴壁纸 a. 纸做的, 纸上的

发音

UK /ˈpeɪ̯.pə/
CA /ˈpeɪ̯.pəɹ/
US /ˈpeɪ̯.pəɹ/
CA /ˈpʰeɪ̯.pɚ/
US /ˈpʰeɪ̯.pɚ/
AU /ˈpæɪ̯.pə/
NZ /ˈpæɪ̯.pə/
SCOT /ˈpe.pəɹ/
IN /ˈpeː.pə(ɾ)/
IN /ˈpɛj.pə(ɾ)/
IN /ˈpeɪ̯.pə(r)/

词形变化

papers 复数 papers papered papering papers 三单 papering 现在分词 papered 过去式 papered 过去分词

教材释义与例句

名词

纸;论文;文件;报纸

material in the form of thin sheets that is used for writing on, wrapping things etc

动词

用纸糊;用纸包装

to decorate the walls of a room by covering them with special paper

形容词

纸做的

made of paper

释义与例句

n. A1 Oxf 3000
  1. 1.

    A sheet material typically used for writing on or printing on (or as a non-waterproof container), usually made by draining cellulose fibres from a suspension in water.

    纸头

    可数 不可数

    Draw on the paper! Not on the walls!

    The paper mill on the south side of town makes various grades of paper and employs hundreds of people.

  2. 2.

    Ellipsis of newspaper; anything used as such (such as a newsletter or listing magazine).

    可数 不可数

    Read all about it in this morning's paper!

    In those days, the Reporter Dispatch was the paper of record around here, and everyone who was anyone took the paper [was a subscriber].

  3. 3.

    Ellipsis of wallpaper.

    不可数 可数

    The paperhangers had just finished hanging the paper in the dining room when the interior decorator walked in and exclaimed that it was the wrong color.

  4. 4.

    Ellipsis of wrapping paper.

    不可数 可数

    In those days, you asked the butcher for a block of cheese, and he wrapped it up in paper for you.

    The kids could hardly wait to tear the paper off their Christmas gifts.

  5. 5.

    An open hand (a handshape resembling a sheet of paper), that beats rock and loses to scissors. It loses to lizard and beats Spock in rock-paper-scissors-lizard-Spock.

    可数 不可数 游戏
  6. 6.

    A written document, generally shorter than a book; usually written as a school assignment or a government report.

    可数 不可数

    Near-synonym: report

    I can't go out tonight. I have a paper due tomorrow, and I need to finish it tonight.

  7. 7.

    A written document that reports scientific or academic research and is usually subjected to peer review before publication in a scientific journal (as a journal article or the manuscript for one) or in the proceedings of a scientific or academic meeting (such as a conference, workshop, or symposium).

    论文

    可数 不可数

    Their team published a paper in the leading journal of their field, and its widespread impact elevated the reputation of their university department.

  8. 8.

    A set of examination questions to be answered at one session.

    可数 不可数
  9. 9.

    Money.

    可数 俚语 不可数
  10. 10.

    Any financial assets other than specie, including paper money, commercial paper, and others.

    不可数 商务 金融 可数
  11. 11.

    A university course.

    新西兰 可数 不可数

    a paper in ology

    She's taking four papers this semester: two in psychology and two in sociology.

  12. 12.

    A paper packet containing a quantity of items.

    可数 不可数

    a paper of pins, tacks, opium, etc.

  13. 13.

    A medicinal preparation spread upon paper, intended for external application.

    可数 不可数

    cantharides paper

  14. 14.

    A substance resembling paper secreted by certain invertebrates as protection for their nests and eggs.

    可数 不可数
  15. 15.

    Free passes of admission to a theatre, etc.

    可数 过时 不可数
  16. 16.

    The people admitted by free passes.

    可数 过时 不可数 引申义
v.
  1. 1.

    To apply paper to.

    及物

    to paper the hallway walls

  2. 2.

    To document; to memorialize.

    及物

    After they reached an agreement, their staffs papered it up.

  3. 3.

    To fill (a theatre or other paid event) with complimentary seats.

    及物
  4. 4.

    To submit official papers to (a law court, etc.).

    及物
  5. 5.

    To give public notice (typically by displaying posters) that a person is wanted by the police or other authority.

    及物
  6. 6.

    To sandpaper.

    及物
  7. 7.

    To enfold in paper.

    及物
  8. 8.

    To paste the endpapers and flyleaves at the beginning and end of a book before fitting it into its covers.

  9. 9.

    To cover someone's house with toilet paper. Otherwise known as toilet papering or TPing.

    美国
adj.
  1. 1.

    Made of paper.

    纸制的

  2. 2.

    Insubstantial (from the weakness of common paper)

    paper gangster

    2016: Manila Standard, "Speed limiter law: A paper tiger"; Maricel Cruz Speed limiter law: A paper tiger

    2016: The Australian, "China says Australia ‘is no paper tiger, only a paper cat at best’"; Rowan Callick It concluded that Australia was “not even a paper tiger, it’s only a paper cat at best”

  3. 3.

    Planned (from plans being drawn up on paper)

    paper engine, rocket

    2015: CBS News, "ULA unveils new rocket to replace Russian boosters"; William Harwood In a background teleconference hosted by SpaceX late last week, an unnamed official dismissed ULA's new booster as a "paper rocket," saying he doubted it would be significantly cheaper than ULA's current stable of launchers.

    2010: BBC News, "Pratt & Whitney eyes global plane engine deals"; Jorn Madslien Ours is not a paper engine... these are real engines that are in production today

  4. 4.

    Having a title that is merely official, or given by courtesy or convention.

    a paper lord

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词源

From Middle English paper, from Anglo-Norman paper, from Old Catalan paper, borrowed from Latin papȳrus (and given the Catalan suffix -er), from Ancient Greek πάπυρος (pápuros).

来源:wiktionary