n.
- 纸[U]
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Can you spare some
paper for me?
你能匀出一些纸给我吗?
- 报纸[C]
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What news is there in the
papers this morning?
今天早上报纸里有点什么新闻?
- 试题,试卷,答案(纸)[C]
- 论文,报告[C]
- 墙纸[C][U]
- 文件[P]
vt.
- 在……贴壁纸,用纸包
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The room was
papered in green.
房间用绿色墙纸裱糊。
- 掩盖,粉饰[(+over/up)]
a.
- 纸的,纸制的
- 似纸的,薄的
- 纸上的,有名无实的
短语
commit sth. to paper
- 把某事写下来
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Everything he said was
committed to paper.
他所说的一切都被记下来了。
not worth the paper it is written on
- 毫无价值
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The news was
not worth the paper it was written on.
那条新闻毫无价值。
on paper
- 未经实践;在理论上
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It was just a scheme
on paper.
那只不过是一个纸上计划。
paper over/up
- 掩盖
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The split between the two groups can hardly be
papered over.
这两个团体间的分歧难以掩饰。
send in one's papers
- 提出辞呈
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After the scandal, he had to
send in his papers.
出了丑闻后,他不得不辞职。
set a paper
- 出考题
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The teacher was busy
setting a paper.
老师正忙于出考题。
派生
辨析
n.
- material manufactured in thin sheets from the pulp of wood or other fibrous substances, used for writing or printing on or as wrapping material.
▸
(papers)
sheets of paper covered with writing or printing; documents.
▸
[
as modifier]
officially documented but having no real existence or use:
a paper profit.
- a newspaper.
- a government report or policy document.
- an essay or dissertation read at a seminar or published in a journal.
- Brit. a set of examination questions to be answered at one session.
▸the written answers to such questions.
- theatrical slang free passes of admission to a theatre or other entertainment.
v.
- cover with wallpaper.
▸
(paper something over)
disguise an awkward problem instead of resolving it.
- theatrical slang fill (a theatre) by giving out free tickets.
Phrase
- on paper
- in writing.
- in theory rather than in reality.
Derivative
- paperer n.
- paperless adj.
- papery adj.
Etymology
ME: from Anglo-Norman Fr. papir, from L. papyrus (see papyrus).