octavo

英 [ɒk'tɑːvəʊ; -'teɪ-] 美[ɑk'tevo]
  • n. 八开本;八开纸

英英释义


1. the size of a book whose pages are made by folding a sheet of paper three times to form eight leaves

实用场景例句


This magazine is in octavo format.
这本杂志是8开本的.

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词态变化


复数: octavos;

中文词源


octavo 八开本

octa-,八,-ovo,名词后缀。比较quarto.

英文词源


octavo (n.)
1580s, printer's word for sheets folded to make eight leaves, from Latin in octavo "in the eighth," ablative of octavus "eighth" (see octave). Abbreviation is 8vo.

双语例句


1. This magazine is in octavo format.
这本杂志是8开本的.

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