paperbacks是什么意思？

paperbacks

• n. 平装本，平装书( paperback的名词复数 )；

例句

• I have a lot of old paperbacks to sell. 我有许多旧平装本书要卖.
• Other paperbacks were selling for ten or 15 cents each. 其它的平装书每本才卖十或十五美分.
• This shop only sells paperbacks. 这家书店只出售平装本的书.

英语四级真题

E-book sales are up 146 percent over last year, while hardback sales increased 6 percent and paperbacks decreased 8 percent.
出自-2014年6月阅读原文
Hardback and trade paperbacks for "serious" nonfiction and fiction will surely last longer
出自-2014年6月阅读原文
Paperbacks of popular literature are more likely to be replaced by e-books.
出自-2014年6月阅读原文

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• N-COUNT
  平装本
  A paperback is a book with a thin cardboard or paper cover.
  例句
  She said she would buy the book when it comes out in paperback. 她说等那本书出平装本时再买。