quire

名词

UK/ˈkwaɪ.əʳ/
US/ˈkwaɪ.ɚ/

定义 quire 名词

  1. Countable

    A set of four folded sheets of paper, forming sixteen pages.

    • The book was hand-bound, with each quire carefully stitched together.

    • The printer checked the quality of each quire before binding them into books.

    • The ancient manuscript consists of several well-preserved quires.