foolscap

英 ['fuːlzkæp; 'fuːls-] 美['fulskæp]
  • n. 大裁;大页纸;圆锥形的纸帽;滑稽帽(等于fool's cap)

英英释义


1. a size of paper used especially in Britain

实用场景例句


The letter is on six sheets of foolscap.
信写在6张大页纸上.

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He was still rumbling discontentedly when Pike returned bearing a folder of foolscap sheets.
他正在不满地小声嘟囔时,派克抱着一叠印刷纸回来了.

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中文词源


foolscap 大页纸

即小丑帽。因为这种大页纸张的水彩印看起来如同小丑帽而得名。

双语例句


1. The letter is on six sheets of foolscap.
信写在6张大页纸上.

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2. He was still rumbling discontentedly when Pike returned bearing a folder of foolscap sheets.
他正在不满地小声嘟囔时,派克抱着一叠印刷纸回来了.

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英文词源


foolscap (n.)
also fool's-cap, 1630s, "type of cap worn by a jester;" see fool (n.1) + cap (n.). From c. 1700 as a type of writing paper, so called because it originally was watermarked with a jester's cap.