paperback
美 [ˈpeɪpərˌbæk] 
英 [ˈpeɪpə(r)ˌbæk]
词形变化
复数：paperbacks 同义词
英汉双解
1. | 平装书；简装书a book that has a thick paper cover |
| a cheap paperback 一本廉价的简装书 |
| When is it coming out in paperback ? 这本书的平装本什么时候出版？ |
| a paperback book/edition 平装书；平装版本 |
英汉解释
英英解释
例句
When I left for Oxford, I gave her a cardboard box full of paperback books on civil rights and urged her to read them.
我离开美国赴牛津大学前给过她一纸盒民权方面的平装书，力劝她多看看。
He said that he would wait for it to come out in paperback, but we could get him the hardback as a present, dont you th nk?
他说他要等到平装书上市后再买，不过我们可以给他买一本精装本当做礼物，你不觉得这个主意很好吗？
She adds: "It's very rare for a hardback to outsell a future paperback, but this might be one of those exceptions. "
她补充说：“很少有精装本比未来可能出版平装本卖得火，但这本肯定属于这种特例。”
A normal paperback edition of a book is roughly half the size of the iPad and slips snugly into a pocket while traveling.
一本普通的平装书大概只有iPad一半大，在走动时可以自然地放在口袋里。
This would be a departure for her because she buys "20 or 30 new books a year, all paperback, all fiction" .
这有点违背她的消费习惯，她一般每年购买20到30本新书，不过都是平装本。
The columnist Robert Samuelson tells the story in his book, just out in paperback, The Great Inflation and Its Aftermath.
专栏评论人罗伯特.萨缪尔森在他的书里讲述了这个故事，就是那本简装本的书，名为《恶性通货膨胀及其后果》。
His new book is out in hardback, but I'm not desperate to read it, so I think I'll save some money and wait for the paperback to come out.
他的精装本新书面市了，但我倒不是非看不可，所以我想，我会少花一点儿钱，等平装本出来。
"What was the point of putting out a paperback when the hardcover sales were so extensive? " she said.
她说，“那么在精装本销售还很火爆的情况下，推出平装本的时间点在哪儿呢？”
If I was not a self-effacing Brit. I would mention the book myself, and I would add that it's available in paperback.
如果我不是一个谦逊的英国人的话，我会自己提到这本书，而且还会告诉大家它有平装版。
Instead, he hunkered down in his tiny home office here and channeled whatever remaining energy he could muster into a slim paperback.
相反，他盘坐在家中的办公房里，聚集一切剩余能量于编撰一本小册子之上。
he had never been there himself , had only read about the " city of sin " in paperback novels and seen it on prime - time tv.
他还没去过那里，只是从一本精装的小说里和电视里知道那里是“罪恶之城。”
Reading "One guy actually had a paperback book taped to his steering wheel. It would move when he turned the wheel. "
居然有个家伙把一本平装书用胶布粘在他的方向盘上。他转方向盘时书也就跟着动。
Now the story's played out like this just like a paperback novel. Let's rewrite an ending that fits instead of a Hollywood horror.
现在的情况像一本草稿小说。让我们将好莱坞电影的恐怖结局改写为一个好的结局。
Perhaps as a result of this, Sam asked me to write a preface to a new reprint of paperback edition of the book which appeared in 2006.
兴许是因为这个，结果塞缪尔请我为他在2006年出版的新平装本作序。
Binding, use the adhesive and printed soft cover, often used in the phone book, coming out in paperback, catalogue and similar products.
无线胶订，使用胶粘剂以及印好的柔软封皮，常用于电话本、平装本、目录册及类似产品。
indeed, Good to Great is still not available in paperback in the US as it nears the eighth anniversary of its publication.
确实，在《从优秀到卓越》迎来出版八周年之际，在美国仍找不到它的平装本。
Even though an e-book is easier to carry than a dozen printed books, it is usually still heavier than a single paperback volume today.
重量：即使电子书比一打纸质书容易携带，但电子书通常要比单册平装书要重很多。
It used to be like clockwork in the book business: first the hardcover edition was released, then, about one year later, the paperback.
在图书出版业，有些惯例就像上了发条一样一丝不差：精装书首先发行，一年后是平装书上市。
Peter hopes that this textbook will be issued as a paperback , as this will increase the sales.
彼得希望这本教科学书以平装书出版，因为这样可以增加销售量。
paperback books are still in the ring on the title-lining, hot stamping, silver, to produce a unique decoration.
有的平装书还在环衬、扉页上烫金、烫银，以产生独特的装潢效果。
Would Dickens have recognized a paperback of A Christmas Carol, or, for that matter, a Braille version?
狄更斯（英国作家）还会不会认得平装本的《圣诞颂歌》，或这本书的布莱叶盲文印刷版本呢？
The client code has no knowledge of how the books are stored or how the bookstore code finds paperback books.
客户代码不知道书籍的存储方式和书店代码查找平装书的方式。
I can tell by the look on your face that I'm going to have to write an afterword to the paperback.
我可以看着你的脸告诉你，我会为平装本写一篇后记。
Use the method manageable size sewing book block can be made into paperback books, or can be made into a book bound-book.
采用锁线方法装订的书芯可以制成平装书册，也可以制成精装书册。
Finally the book "Iron Soldiers" a paperback account of the 1st AD in the war, is pretty good.
总的来说讲述战争期间第一装甲师的《钢铁战士》一书平装本还是相当不错的。
The bookstore code has no knowledge of what processing is done on the paperback books after it finds them.
书店代码也不知道找到平装书后将对平装书进行什么处理。
The cover of the paperback package used by the viscose for a certain degree of moisture (hot melts exception).
平装包封面所使用的粘胶剂是有一定水分的（热熔胶例外）。
For this new paperback edition the author has added an Afterword that brings the narrative up to date.
这种新的平装版，作者补充了一段采访后，将叙事切合时宜。
A paperback is just a too versatile and easy device to read from.
一本平装书读起来确实太万能、太方便了。
At this McDonald's the DNA liquid is contained in an orange box the size of a large paperback book, mounted over an entrance door.
在这家麦当劳快餐店中，DNA液体被装在一个橙色盒子里，和平装书一般大小，安放在店门入口处。
Modern bookbinding mainly paperback, hardcover and set in the form of a horse-mounted.
现代的装订主要是平装、精装和骑马订装等形式。
in recent years, paperback books are very popular in the United States as they are everywhere, especially, with students.
因为近年来书价颇高，在美国和世界各地一样纸皮普及本书籍非常受欢迎，尤其是学生。
"Paperback books: Science-fiction, mysteries and westerns are what I remember most, " recalls Morris.
“里面都是平装书，我看得最多的就是科幻、侦探和西部小说。”莫里斯说。
To get some privacy , she started holding up a paperback romance novel in front of her face while she ate, she says.
据她说，后来为了获得一些私人空间，她开始在吃饭时用一本平装爱情小说挡在面前。
However, for the foreseeable future, these new books are likely to be bulkier than paperback books.
但在可预见到的未来，这些新型书很可能比真正纸的书体积更大。
Eight translations were made of it, and there were numerous paperback editions.
它被翻译成八种语言，出版了大量的简装版。
Like Kindles past, the Fire is roughly the size of a thin, medium-sized paperback.
和以往的Kindle一样，Fire也差不多是一本较薄的中等尺寸的平装书大小。
Still other concepts activated might be more about the physical characteristics, e. g. , "paperback" , "bad condition" .
另外的一些被激活的概念可能会和书本身的特点有关，如：“平装本”、“很旧”。
His most recent essay collection, The Education of a British-Protected Child (Penguin), is published in paperback this week.
他新近出版的论文集，《一个受英国保护的儿童受到的教育》（企鹅出版集团）的精装本将于本周出版。
That's when she grabbed the object nearest at hand, which happened to be a paperback copy of The Memory Keeper's Daughter.
这时她抓到身边最近的一样东西，恰巧是一本平装的《不存在的女儿》。
