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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。
精装本；硬皮书
hardbacks — plural of hardback
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
精装本；硬皮书
hardback
This dictionary is now in hardback.
这本词典现在有精装本了。
精装书。
A book with a solid binding.
The library has both the paperback and the hardback, so you can choose which one to borrow.
图书馆里平装本和精装本都有，所以你可以选择借哪一本。
This new novel sold so well that the publisher printed another ten thousand hardbacks.
这本新小说卖得很好，出版社又加印了一万本精装书。
She asked for the hardback because it looks better on her bookshelf.
她要求买精装本，因为摆在书架上更好看。
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 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。
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。
Not this
I bought hardback instead of paperback.
Use this
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。
Not this
She has several hardback on her shelf.
Use this
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。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
精装版
I prefer the hardback edition of this novel.
我更喜欢这本小说的精装版。
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。
以精装本形式
The book is available in hardback.
这本书有精装本。
精装畅销书
Her latest novel is a hardback bestseller.
她的最新小说是精装畅销书。
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。
Use hardbacks naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
hard（硬）+ back（书脊）→ 书脊硬邦邦的，就是精装本。
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。
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。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.