foolscap的意思

foolscap

英式音标['fulskæp]
美式英标['fuːlzkæp; 'fuːls-]

基本解释

n. 大裁；大页纸；圆锥形的纸帽；滑稽帽（等于fool's cap）

中文词源

foolscap 大页纸

即小丑帽。因为这种大页纸张的水彩印看起来如同小丑帽而得名。

英文词源

foolscap (n.): also fool's-cap, 1630s, "type of cap worn by a jester;" see fool (n.1) + cap (n.). From c. 1700 as a type of writing paper, so called because it originally was watermarked with a jester's cap.

实用例句

1. The letter is on six sheets of foolscap.: 信写在6张大页纸上.

2. He was still rumbling discontentedly when Pike returned bearing a folder of foolscap sheets.: 他正在不满地小声嘟囔时,派克抱着一叠印刷纸回来了.

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