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/ˈpeɪpərbæk/ · /ˈpeɪpəbæk/
a book with a cover made of thick, stiff paper.
平裝本
複數 paperbacks
核心畫面
Picture the book you can roll into a coat pocket: the cover is stiff card rather than board, so it bends, weighs little, and costs less. The name points straight at that cover — paper at the back and front.
可以想成：可以捲起來塞進外套口袋的那種書——封面是硬一點的紙板而不是厚殼，所以會彎、很輕、也比較便宜。這個字的名字直…更多收起
可以想成：可以捲起來塞進外套口袋的那種書——封面是硬一點的紙板而不是厚殼，所以會彎、很輕、也比較便宜。這個字的名字直接指著那個封面：前後都是紙做的。原始詞典資料3 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
paperbacknoun/ˈpeɪ.pə.bæk/
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A book with flexible binding.
paperbackadj/ˈpeɪ.pə.bæk/
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Having flexible binding.
paperbackverb/ˈpeɪ.pə.bæk/
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mediapublishingTo issue or publish (a book) in a paperback edition.
- Max was anticipating paperbacking The Bodley Head's books in house rather than licensing the paperback rights to a third party, like Penguin, which reduced his royalties and might eventually lose him authors to vertical publishers.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。