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use [sth] as a paperweight
表示把某物临时当镇纸用。
She used a smooth stone as a paperweight.
她用一块光滑的石头当作镇纸。
镇纸；压纸器
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镇纸；压纸器
a weight used to hold down a stack of papers
She used a smooth stone as a paperweight.
她用一块光滑的石头当作镇纸。
放在纸张上防止被吹走的小型装饰性重物。
A small, decorative, somewhat weighty object placed on one or more pieces of paper to keep them from fluttering away.
用来压住一叠纸的重物
a weight used to hold down a stack of papers
用于此目的的任何物体。
Any object used for this purpose.
She used a brass paperweight to keep her notes from blowing away on the windy desk.
她用一个黄铜镇纸防止笔记被风吹走。
I need a small paperweight for the pile of documents on my shelf.
我的书架上那叠文件需要一个小镇纸。
These glass paperweights are both beautiful and practical.
这些玻璃镇纸既漂亮又实用。
表示把某物临时当镇纸用。
She used a smooth stone as a paperweight.
她用一块光滑的石头当作镇纸。
强调用镇纸压住，防止纸张被吹走或移动。
He held the loose pages down with a paperweight.
他用镇纸压住松散的纸张。
用 there be 句型描述某处有镇纸。
There is a paperweight on the desk.
桌上有一个镇纸。
Not this
I bought paperweight to hold my documents.
Use this
I bought a paperweight to hold my documents.
paperweight 是可数名词，单数形式前需要不定冠词 a/an。汉语没有冠词概念，学习者容易漏掉，因此要加 a。
Not this
I used this stone to be a paperweight.
Use this
I used this stone as a paperweight.
表示“把……用作……”英语用 use ... as ...，不用 use ... to be ...。这是受汉语“把……当作”直译的影响。
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玻璃镇纸
She keeps a small glass paperweight on her desk.
她桌上放着一个玻璃镇纸。
重的镇纸
A heavy paperweight stops the papers from blowing away.
重的镇纸能防止纸张被吹走。
用作镇纸
He used the stone as a paperweight.
他把那块石头用作镇纸。
水晶镇纸
The crystal paperweight was a gift from her grandmother.
这个水晶镇纸是她祖母送的礼物。
装饰性镇纸
The shop sells ornamental paperweights in various shapes.
这家店出售各种形状的装饰性镇纸。
这个镇纸就是他所在的房间，珊瑚就是朱莉娅和他自己的生命，固定在水晶深处的一种永恒之中。
In George Orwell's novel 1984, the glass paperweight is a recurring symbol of the past and of Winston's fragile hope for freedom.
在乔治·奥威尔的小说《一九八四》中，玻璃镇纸象征着过去，也象征着温斯顿对自由脆弱而短暂的希望。
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paper=纸，weight=重物；纸上压个重物防风吹走，就是镇纸。
语域：neutral 常见场景：办公桌、文具用品 该词为中性日常用语，通常用于描述压住纸张的文具，比较常见于办公或学习场景。
All six words rhyme with the 'weight' part of 'paperweight' (/weɪt/), spelled differently: weight (-eight), wait (-ait), late/date (-ate), great (-eat), straight (-aight). Watch out: height /haɪt/ looks like weight but does not rhyme.
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