paper
vt.用纸包装(或覆盖)
释义2：
paper
/ 5peipE /
◙ noun1. [mass noun] material manufactured in thin sheets from the pulp of wood or other fibrous substances, used for writing, drawing, or printing on, or as wrapping material• 纸 »a sheet of paper. 一张纸。 »[as modifier] a paper napkin. 一张餐巾纸。 [count noun] a newspaper• 报纸 wallpaper • 墙纸 [count noun] [一般作 papers] a piece or sheet of paper with something written or drawn on it• 文件 »he riffled through the papers on his desk. 他把桌上的文件翻阅了一遍。 (papers)significant or important documents belonging to a person• 个人的重要文件 [as modifier] denoting something that is officially documented but has no real existence or little merit or use• 名义上的；有名无实的 »a paper profit. 名义上的益处。 [count noun] a government report or policy document• 政府报告；官方政策文件 »a recently leaked cabinet paper. 一份最近泄露出来的内阁官方文件。 (papers)documents attesting identity; credentials • 身份证件；文凭；证明文件 »two men stopped us and asked us for our papers. 两个人拦住了我们并要我们出示证件。 [count noun] a piece of paper used for wrapping or enclosing something or made into a packet• 包装纸 »toffee papers. 褐色包装纸。 short for commercial paper • commercial paper的简称 short for cigarette paper • cigarette paper的简称2. a set of examination questions to be answered at one session• 试卷 »we had to sit a three-hour paper. 我们必须做一张三小时才能做完的试卷。 the written answers to such questions• 答卷 an essay or dissertation, especially one read at an academic lecture or seminar or published in an academic journal• （尤指在学术演讲或讨论中宣读的或在学术刊物上发表的）文章；论文3. [mass noun] (theatrical slang)free passes of admission to a theatre or other entertainment• [舞台俚语] （剧院等娱乐场所的）免费入场券◙ verb, [with obj.] 1. [常作 be papered] apply wallpaper to (a wall or room)• 用墙纸裱糊（墙壁，房间） »the walls were papered in a Regency stripe. 墙上糊有等宽彩色条纹的墙纸。 [no obj.] (paper over)cover (a hole or blemish) with wallpaper• 用墙纸覆盖（洞，污点） (paper over)disguise (an awkward problem) instead of resolving it• 掩盖（尴尬问题）；掩饰 »the ill feeling between her and Jenny must have been papered over. 她和詹妮之间的敌意肯定是被掩盖了。2. (theatrical slang)fill (a theatre) by giving out free tickets• [舞台俚语] 发免费入场券使（剧院）满座【IDIOMS】
◘ be not worth the paper it is written on1. be of no value or validity whatsoever despite having been written down• 毫无价值◘ make the papers1. be written about in newspapers and thus become famous or notorious• 因上了报纸而出名◘ on paper1. in writing• 以书面形式 in theory rather than in reality• 在理论上 »the combatants were, on paper at least, evenly matched. 双方参战人员至少在理论上是势均力敌的。◘ paper over the cracks1. disguise problems or divisions rather than trying to solve them• 掩饰分歧；掩盖问题【派生】
♦ paperer noun♦ paperless adjective【语源】
1. Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French papir, from Latin papyrus 'paper-reed' (see papyrus ). The verb dates from the late 16th cent
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