hardbacks

英 [ˈhɑːdbæks]

美 [ˈhɑrdˌbæks]

n.  精装书
hardback的复数

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 硬皮书;精装本 (Compare 比较 paperback.）
  Ahardbackis a book which has a stiff hard cover.
  1. His autobiography has sold more than 36,000 copies in hardback.
     他的自传精装本已经卖出了36,000多册。

双语例句

• Hardbacks are so much nicer to read than paperbacks.
  精装书比平装书读起来舒服得多。
• Just a year earlier hardbacks had been worth more than three times as much ase-books, according to the Association of American Publishers.
  据美国出版商协会的数字，仅一年前，精装书的价格仍是电子书的三倍之多。
• All books unless specified are hardbacks.
  所有的书，除非另有注明，皆为精装书。