Word · Frequency #15412
hardback
精装本；硬皮书
hardback
- 1.
A book with a solid binding.
精装书。
精装书。；精装本
In use
The library has both the paperback and the hardback, so you can choose which one to borrow.
This new novel sold so well that the publisher printed another ten thousand hardbacks.
She asked for the hardback because it looks better on her bookshelf.
be in hardback
hardback 在此表示装帧形式（不可数）；指具体的某一本精装书则用 a hardback。
This dictionary is now in hardback.
这本词典现在有精装本了。
hardback + noun
hardback 作定语，放在名词前，表示“硬封面的”。
She prefers hardback books.
她更喜欢精装书。
be a hardback
hardback 作可数名词，意为“精装书”；复数是 hardbacks。
This book is a hardback; the paperback is cheaper.
这本书是精装本，平装本更便宜。
Common mistakes
I bought hardback instead of paperback.I bought a hardback instead of a paperback.
hardback 作名词表示‘精装本’时可数，单数可数名词前需要冠词 a；中文‘买精装本’没有冠词概念，所以容易漏掉。
She has several hardback on her shelf.She has several hardbacks on her shelf.
hardback 是可数名词，复数形式为 hardbacks；中文名词没有单复数变化，所以容易用单数形式表达复数概念。
Connections
Collocations
- hardback edition
- 精装版
- I prefer the hardback edition of this novel.我更喜欢这本小说的精装版。
- hardback copy
- 精装本
- I picked up a signed hardback copy of her memoir.我买了一本她回忆录的精装签名本。
- in hardback
- 以精装本形式
- The book is available in hardback.这本书有精装本。
- hardback bestseller
- 精装畅销书
- Her latest novel is a hardback bestseller.她的最新小说是精装畅销书。
- hardbacks and paperbacks
- 精装本和平装本
- The shelves are filled with hardbacks and paperbacks.书架上摆满了精装本和平装本。
Synonyms
Learner notes
Memory Tip
hard（硬）+ back（书脊）→ 书脊硬邦邦的，就是精装本。
Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：bookstores and libraries、publishing and book trade、book reviews and reading discussions hardback 作名词指精装本，作形容词指硬封面的；两种用法通常都比较中性，多用于书店、图书馆和出版行业，在书面和日常口语中都很自然，没有明显的正式或随意色彩。
Pronunciation & Spelling
这些词都与 hardback 的尾音节 /bæk/ 押韵（末尾都是 -ack，读 /æk/）。注意 -ack 读 /æk/，不要与 bake /beɪk/、lake /leɪk/ 中的 a-e 读音 /eɪk/ 混淆。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.