quire
美音:
[kwaıə
]英音:
[kwaıə
]n.一刀(纸数量),(装订时的)一折
难易程度:
quire为短语/超纲词汇
quire
/'kwaɪə(r); kwaɪr/
n
25 (formerly 24) sheets of paper (纸的)一刀(25张纸, 旧时为24张)
*buy/sell paper by the quire/in quires 按刀数买[卖]纸. Cf 参看 ream 1.
quire
n[C]
[Date: 1400-1500; Language: Old French;Origin: quaer 'four sheets of paper folded once', from Latin quaterni 'four each, set of four']
technical 24 sheets of paper