paperback
n [C, U] book bound in a flexible paper cover 简装书; 平装书
a cheap paperback 廉价简装书
When is the novel coming out in paperback? 那部小说的平装本什麽时候出版?
[attrib 作定语]
a paperback book, edition 平装的书、 版本. Cf 参看 hardback (hard1).
Life has its ups and downs, but it certainly has its rewards.
人生有沉也有浮,但是无论怎样都确有其价值。
I wrote to my uncle last night.I couldn't put it off any longer.
我昨晚给我的叔叔写了信.我不能再推迟寄信了。
Of course he is. He's very successful. He's made lots of records. They broadcast a programme of his music last month on the radio. Why don't you come on Saturday? I think you'd enjoy it.