quire
英[kwaɪə]美['kwaɪɚ]
- n. 一刀；一叠对折的手稿
- n. (Quire)人名；(英)夸尔
中文词源
quire 对折的四张纸，一刀
来自古法语quaier,来自拉丁语quater,四位，词源同four,quarter.用于指对折的四张纸，通常 为16 页，有些地方也指24 页。
英文词源
- quire
- quire: see quarter
- quire (n.1)
- c. 1200, "set of four folded pages for a book; pamphlet consisting of a single quire," from Anglo-French quier, Old French quaier "sheet of paper folded in four," from Vulgar Latin *quaternus, from Latin quaterni "four each," from quater "four times." Meaning "standard unit for selling paper" first recorded late 14c. In quires (late 15c.) means "unbound."
- quire (n.2)
- early form and later variant spelling of choir (q.v.).