• quire

    英:[kwaɪə]  
    美: ['kwaɪɚ] 

    quire 基本解释

    • n. 一刀;一叠对折的手稿
    • n. (Quire)人名;(英)夸尔

    quire 中文词源

    quire 对折的四张纸,一刀

    来自古法语quaier,来自拉丁语quater,四位,词源同four,quarter.用于指对折的四张纸,通常 为16 页,有些地方也指24 页。

    quire 英文词源

    quire
    quire: see quarter
    quire (n.1)
    c. 1200, "set of four folded pages for a book; pamphlet consisting of a single quire," from Anglo-French quier, Old French quaier "sheet of paper folded in four," from Vulgar Latin *quaternus, from Latin quaterni "four each," from quater "four times." Meaning "standard unit for selling paper" first recorded late 14c. In quires (late 15c.) means "unbound."
    quire (n.2)
    early form and later variant spelling of choir (q.v.).

    quire 英文释义

    1. a quantity of paper; 24 or 25 sheets
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