quire
名词 n.
动词 v.
英 /ˈkwaɪ.ə(ɹ)/
英文释义
名词 n.
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One-twentieth of a ream of paper; a collection of twenty-four or twenty-five sheets of paper of the same size and quality, unfolded or having a single fold.
— Under the year 1533 we are told that the ream contained twenty quires.
- Uncommon form of choir (“one quarter of a cruciform church, or the architectural area of a church used by the choir, often near the apse”).
- A set of leaves which are stitched together, originally a set of four pieces of paper (eight leaves, sixteen pages). This is most often a single signature (i.e. group of four), but may be several nested signatures.
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Archaic spelling of choir (“group of people who sing together”).
— Madam, myself have lim'd a bush for her, And plac'd a quire of such enticing birds, That she will light to listen to the lays, And never mount to trouble you again.
- A book, poem, or pamphlet.
动词 v.
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To prepare quires by stitching together leaves of paper.
— Now, in the first folio volume of 1616, the paging, signatures, and quiring are continuous and regular throughout.
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Poetic spelling of choir (“to sing in concert”).
— Sit, Jessica. Look how the floor of heaven / Is thick inlaid with patines of bright gold: / There's not the smallest orb which thou behold'st / But in his motion like an angel sings, / Still quiring to the young-eyed cherubins; / Such harmony is in immortal souls; / But whilst this muddy vesture of decay / Doth grossly close it in, we cannot hear it.
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词源
词源 1
From Middle English quayer, from Anglo-Norman quaier and Old French quaer, from Latin quaternus (“fourfold”), from quater (“four times”). Doublet of cahier.
词源 2
From Middle English quer, quere, from Old French quer, from Latin chorus, from Ancient Greek χορός (khorós, “company of dancers or singers”). Doublet of choir, chorus, and hora.
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