paper sth (with sth)
paper 作动词常表示给墙壁贴壁纸，可用 paper sth with sth 来指明所用材料。
We papered the hallway with pale blue wallpaper.
我们给走廊贴上了淡蓝色壁纸。
给…贴壁纸；用纸裱糊
papered — past of paper
用纸包裹；包上纸；用砂纸打磨；砂磨；记录；记载；用赠票坐满；发票充场；向（法院等）提交文书；呈交文件
To cover or decorate something, especially a wall, with paper.
To apply paper to.
记录；纪念。
To document; to memorialize.
以赠票填满(剧场等付费活动)。
To fill (a theatre or other paid event) with complimentary seats.
向(法院等)提交正式文件。
To submit official papers to (a law court, etc.).
公开通告(通常张贴海报)某人被警方等通缉。
To give public notice (typically by displaying posters) that a person is wanted by the police or other authority.
用砂纸打磨。
To sandpaper.
用纸包裹。
To enfold in paper.
在装订前粘贴书首和书尾的衬页与飞页。
To paste the endpapers and flyleaves at the beginning and end of a book before fitting it into its covers.
一般现在时
She papers her kitchen walls every year.
她每年给厨房墙贴壁纸。
past
He papered the documents yesterday.
他昨天把文件用纸包装了。
现在完成时
They have papered the bedroom with floral wallpaper.
他们用花卉壁纸贴了卧室。
规则动词
We decided to paper the living room with a floral pattern.
我们决定用花卉图案的壁纸裱糊客厅。
用法提示：动词 paper 表示‘贴壁纸’，此处用原形。
She papered the entire hallway last weekend.
她上周末给整个走廊贴了壁纸。
用法提示：动词 paper 的过去式 papered，表示‘贴壁纸’的动作。
The store assistant is papering the display window for Christmas.
店员正在为圣诞节用纸装饰橱窗。
用法提示：动词 paper 的现在分词 papering，表示‘用纸包装或装饰’。
paper 作动词常表示给墙壁贴壁纸，可用 paper sth with sth 来指明所用材料。
We papered the hallway with pale blue wallpaper.
我们给走廊贴上了淡蓝色壁纸。
paper the house 指用赠票而非售票来坐满剧场，常见于演艺界。
The producer papered the house on opening night.
制片人在首演之夜用赠票把剧场填满了。
paper 后接法院等机构，表示提交大量正式文件；常与 with documents/motions 等搭配。
The firm papered the court with appeals.
那家律师事务所向法院提交了大量上诉文件。
最常用；paper特指用纸包，wrap还可用布、塑料膜等其他材料。
含义更宽，只强调盖在上面，不一定是四面裹住；paper则强调用纸包起来。
侧重装成包裹或商品，常带包装盒/袋；paper只是用纸裹，无此含义。
较书面、正式，强调紧紧裹住；日常口语更常用wrap或paper。
grammar · medium
易错句子He papered on the wall yesterday.
正确表达He papered the wall yesterday.
paper作动词是及物动词，宾语应为被覆盖的表面（如墙），不能因汉语“在墙上贴”而加介词on。
grammar · medium
易错句子She papered posters on the wall.
正确表达She papered the wall with posters.
动词paper的宾语是墙面等表面，而不是贴上去的物品；要说明贴了什么，应用介词with引出，即“paper + 表面 + with + 物品”。
本词条选取 paper 作动词、义为“给（墙壁等）贴壁纸/用纸裱糊”的义项；其直接反义为 strip，指将已贴上的壁纸或纸张从表面撕下/剥离。
paper 作动词可指用纸覆盖表面，如贴壁纸；wallpaper 则专指给墙壁贴上壁纸，范围更窄。
paper（用纸包裹）强调材料是纸；wrap 不限于纸，可用布、塑料等，且更常用。
paper（给…贴纸/用纸裱糊）侧重覆盖上纸；paste 侧重用胶或糨糊把纸等粘到某处。
给墙壁贴壁纸
We decided to paper the walls in the living room.
我们决定给起居室的墙壁贴上壁纸。
以赠票填满剧场
The producer papered the house to make the show look sold out.
制片人以赠票填满剧场，让演出看起来满座。
用纸包书；给书包上纸封面
The teacher asked the students to paper their textbooks by Monday.
老师要求学生们在周一前给课本包上纸皮。
掩盖问题；掩饰缺点
They tried to paper over the cracks in the company's safety record.
他们试图掩盖公司安全记录中的问题。
书面记录；文件踪迹
The auditors found a paper trail that exposed the embezzlement.
审计人员找到了揭露贪污行为的书面记录。
纸老虎；外强中干的人或事物
The dictator warned he would attack, but the army was a paper tiger.
那个独裁者扬言要进攻，但军队不过是只纸老虎。
我像纸一样飞，像飞机一样高。
From 'Paper Planes' by M.I.A., a 2008 hit known for its use in the film 'Slumdog Millionaire'. The line uses 'paper' as a simile for lightness and freedom.
出自M.I.A.的歌曲《Paper Planes》，这是一首2008年的热门歌曲，因电影《贫民窟的百万富翁》使用而广为人知。歌词用‘纸’作比喻，表达轻盈和自由。
那只是一轮纸月亮
A famous lyric from the 1933 jazz standard 'It's Only a Paper Moon', which has been covered by many artists. It suggests that the world is like a paper moon: beautiful but unreal without love.
这首1933年的经典爵士乐《It's Only a Paper Moon》中的著名歌词，被众多艺术家翻唱。它暗示世界就像纸月亮：没有爱，美好却不真实。
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