paperback

🇬🇧 UK/'peipәbæk/🇺🇸 US
C2

Definitions

n.

A book with a flexible paper cover rather than a hard cover.

平装书,软皮书

adj.

Having a flexible paper cover.

平装的

v.

To publish or issue a book in a paperback edition.

以平装本出版

🧩 Root Breakdown

Native English
paperbackother
=paperback

Example Sentences

  • 1.

    The paperback edition of the novel was much cheaper than the hardcover version.

  • 2.

    She always traveled with a paperback mystery novel tucked in her handbag.

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