Word · Frequency #28503
quartos
四开；四开本
quartos is the plural of quarto.
a book size made by folding a sheet of paper twice to form four leaves
- 1.
A size of paper (7.5"-10" x 10"-12.5" or 190-254 x 254-312 mm). Formed by folding and cutting one of several standard sizes of paper (15"-20" x 20"-25" or 381-508 x 508-635 mm) twice to form 4 leaves (eight sides).
- 2.
A book size, corresponding to the paper size.
四开；四开大的书本
In use
The auction house sold a first-edition quarto for over ten thousand dollars.
In the sixteenth century, printers often produced a quarto to save paper and reduce costs.
I found the poem in an old quarto that had been forgotten on the top shelf.
in quarto
in quarto 是固定短语，常与 publish、print、issue 等动词搭配，表示“以四开本形式”。
The play was first published in quarto in 1594.
该剧于1594年首次以四开本形式出版。
a [adjective] quarto
quarto 是可数名词，复数形式为 quartos；修饰语可放在其前描述版本特征。
A rare quarto was displayed in the exhibition.
一本珍贵的四开本在展览中展出。
Common mistakes
This book is quarto.
Connections
Collocations
- in quarto
- 以四开本形式
- In the 16th century, most plays were published in quarto.十六世纪时，大多数戏剧都以四开本形式出版。
- quarto edition
- 四开版
- The museum owns a rare quarto edition of the play.博物馆藏有一本稀有的四开版戏剧剧本。
- quarto volume
- 四开本卷册
- The encyclopedia was originally issued in twelve quarto volumes.这部百科全书最初发行时共有十二卷，均为四开本。
- royal quarto
- 皇家四开本
- This artist's book is printed in royal quarto, with generous margins.这本艺术家书以皇家四开本印制，页边留白宽大。
- first quarto
- 初版四开本
- Scholars have dated the first quarto of this play to 1597.学者们将这部戏剧的初版四开本年代定为1597年。
Synonyms
Learner notes
Memory Tip
记 quarto：quar 像 quarter（四分之一），书页由一张纸对折两次成四叶，所以是“四开本”。
Context & Register
语域：formal 常见场景：出版与印刷、古籍版本记录、藏书描述 这个词多用于出版史、古籍版本和藏书描述等专业场合，语气比较正式；日常对话中很少使用。
Pronunciation & Spelling
The words with 'quart' are lookalikes: they begin with /kwɔː/ (or /kwɒː/), like the start of 'quarto', but the final consonants differ, so they do not rhyme. The words auto, photo, and motto all contain the final /təʊ/ syllable present in 'quarto', but their stressed vowels differ (/ɔː/, /əʊ/, /ɒ/), so they are not exact rhymes either. Use them only to compare the '-to' spelling and the /təʊ/ ending.
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.