Definition of folio in English:

folio

nounPlural folios ˈfəʊlɪəʊˈfoʊliˌoʊ

1An individual leaf of paper or parchment, either loose as one of a series or forming part of a bound volume, which is numbered on the recto or front side only.
（仅在正面标号的）一张纸；一张羊皮纸书稿
Example sentencesExamples
- The Khamsa is part of it, complete but for eight folios that had been torn out earlier and were bequeathed to the Met in 1913.
- The folios will debut at Artexpo New York along with a limited-edition giclee print of ‘Moon Rider.’
- The oldest item is a double folio of exquisite calligraphy from a 14th Century Quran of uncertain provenance - Turkish perhaps or Central Asian.
- These reports are typed on huge folio pages with numerous data categories.
- Eighty-seven folios of the Book of Animals (about one-tenth of the original text by al-Jahiz) are preserved in the Ambrosiana Library in Milan.
- The five volumes consisted of an octavo of 786 pages of descriptive matter and four imperial folios containing 213 plates.
- What made him pen this immense book (382 folio pages in the original Turkish) and how on earth did he find the time?
- Today it has been pulled apart, the folios bound to a cardboard binder.
- The action continues on the facing folio, another full-page miniature, this time divided into two registers.
- Do I find in the appeal book the folio which is said to record the estate or interests of the appellant?
- Each leaf or folio has two pages and these were normally marked out for the text and any illumination by a process of pricking and ruling using a variety of instruments.
- ‘Restored and put under glass, the folios could be gingerly handled, and it was possible to photograph all the pages,’ he said.
- Certain illuminations from his Book of Hours condemn the duke's enemies, the most striking example being a folio accompanying the Vigils of the Dead.
Synonyms
sheet, side, leaf
1. 1.1 The page number in a printed book.
  （书的）页码
  Example sentencesExamples
  In folio 145, he described, for the first time, in medical history, a haemorrhagic disease transmitted by unaffected women to their male children - today we call it haemophilia.
  The commentary on verse 1 of Romans just cited from folio 8 of the Soane manuscript reappears with minor changes in the printed edition of 1542.
  The specific piece of evidence is an entry given within the book, on the front of folio 327, dating from 1635.
  The combination of second-person speech and frontal gaze of the princess on folio 3v indicates to him that the book was expressly produced for her young foreign eyes.
  At folio 23, your Honour, the date is 26 February.
  The earlier set of ordinances are on folios 17-19, the original custumal on ff.20-49, and the later set of ordinances on ff.74-77.
2A sheet of paper folded once to form two leaves (four pages) of a book.
对折纸，对开纸
Example sentencesExamples
- Most interesting of all are the two folios at the end that give us the layout for the ceremonies in the Abbey.
- Once the pages were finished they were folded into the folios and placed up to eight pages in depth.
- The presence of empty, but ruled, folios at the end of the volume suggests that FVB was a work in progress.
- His own grammar fills 13 double-column folio pages in his two-volume dictionary.
Synonyms
piece of paper, leaf, page
1. 2.1 A size of book made up of folio sheets of paper.
  对开本
  Example sentencesExamples
  The paper size is imperial folio, that's almost as big as today's standard A2 page, which is equal to four standard A4 sheets.
  And that's without me looking at the folio size books.
  Wadum suggests that some of the five books in folio and 25 other books might have been manuals such as those cited by Swillens.
  These were engraved in two sizes: folio, and a smaller series as book illustrations.
2. 2.2 A book or manuscript made up of folio sheets of paper; a volume of the largest standard size.
  对开本书（或抄本）；最大号对开本
  Example sentencesExamples
  He'd known that - hence the plan to skip off to Bali once the folio was completed.
  Wesley dropped the big folio book he was carrying on to the table and went to me.
  Up to now it is more than a hundred folios of manuscript.
  Johnson's magnum opus was published in two folio volumes in 1755.
  Even their presentation, in imposing folio volumes, reflects the gravity of their intent.
  Pages printed on one or both sides, gathered into quires or folios, superceded papyrus and parchment rolls in the fourth century CE.
  She dedicated her lavish folio volume, in large print, to her brother-in-law, Sir Charles Cavendish, in gratitude.
  So it was that on 15 April, 1755, the two huge folio volumes went on sale for four pounds and ten shillings a set.
  With the turning pages of his folios and albums, the 98-year-old's life pours out in torrents, just like the many rivers he has captured on film.
  Shakespearian textual critics are primarily interested in the nature of the lost manuscripts that served as printers' copy for the early quartos and folios.
  The entries of Shakespearian texts in the Stationers' Register chronicle the publishing fortunes of his poems, individual plays, and the four folios from the 1590s to the Restoration.
  One theological work consists of five folio volumes in Spanish.
  The whole document fills two massive folios in the only printed edition of the Latin text that has ever been published, in 1783.
  I have completed it and it has filled around fifty folios.
  For these four folio volumes of patient industry, Gould received the princely sum of $50!
  Kalpesh Lathigra's photojournalistic folios are worth the visit.
  The prints were published in the Cabinet du Roi, a series of folio volumes with illustrations of the artistic and scientific triumphs of the reign.
  Only once before, in the 1616 Jonson folio, had an English dramatist's plays appeared in collected form.
  The desktop itself was lost beneath teetering stacks of leather-bound volumes and slim folios that formed a parapet around the edges of the desk.
  In fact, each photo is so engaging that I wished at times that the book form was replaced by a folio.

Origin

Late Middle English: from Latin, ablative of folium 'leaf', in medieval Latin used in references to mean 'on leaf so-and-so'. The original sense of in folio (from Italian in foglio) was 'in the form of a full-sized sheet or leaf folded once' (designating the largest size of book).

Rhymes

imbroglio, olio, polio, portfolio

Definition of folio in US English:

folio

nounˈfōlēˌōˈfoʊliˌoʊ

1An individual leaf of paper or parchment, numbered on the recto or front side only, occurring either loose as one of a series or forming part of a bound volume.
（仅在正面标号的）一张纸；一张羊皮纸书稿
Example sentencesExamples
- Each leaf or folio has two pages and these were normally marked out for the text and any illumination by a process of pricking and ruling using a variety of instruments.
- The oldest item is a double folio of exquisite calligraphy from a 14th Century Quran of uncertain provenance - Turkish perhaps or Central Asian.
- The action continues on the facing folio, another full-page miniature, this time divided into two registers.
- Certain illuminations from his Book of Hours condemn the duke's enemies, the most striking example being a folio accompanying the Vigils of the Dead.
- Do I find in the appeal book the folio which is said to record the estate or interests of the appellant?
- The Khamsa is part of it, complete but for eight folios that had been torn out earlier and were bequeathed to the Met in 1913.
- These reports are typed on huge folio pages with numerous data categories.
- The five volumes consisted of an octavo of 786 pages of descriptive matter and four imperial folios containing 213 plates.
- Eighty-seven folios of the Book of Animals (about one-tenth of the original text by al-Jahiz) are preserved in the Ambrosiana Library in Milan.
- The folios will debut at Artexpo New York along with a limited-edition giclee print of ‘Moon Rider.’
- ‘Restored and put under glass, the folios could be gingerly handled, and it was possible to photograph all the pages,’ he said.
- What made him pen this immense book (382 folio pages in the original Turkish) and how on earth did he find the time?
- Today it has been pulled apart, the folios bound to a cardboard binder.
Synonyms
sheet, side, leaf
1. 1.1Printing The page number in a printed book.
  （书的）页码
  Example sentencesExamples
  At folio 23, your Honour, the date is 26 February.
  The earlier set of ordinances are on folios 17-19, the original custumal on ff.20-49, and the later set of ordinances on ff.74-77.
  The commentary on verse 1 of Romans just cited from folio 8 of the Soane manuscript reappears with minor changes in the printed edition of 1542.
  The combination of second-person speech and frontal gaze of the princess on folio 3v indicates to him that the book was expressly produced for her young foreign eyes.
  In folio 145, he described, for the first time, in medical history, a haemorrhagic disease transmitted by unaffected women to their male children - today we call it haemophilia.
  The specific piece of evidence is an entry given within the book, on the front of folio 327, dating from 1635.
2. 1.2 A sheet of paper folded once to form two leaves (four pages) of a book.
  对折纸，对开纸
  Example sentencesExamples
  Once the pages were finished they were folded into the folios and placed up to eight pages in depth.
  His own grammar fills 13 double-column folio pages in his two-volume dictionary.
  Most interesting of all are the two folios at the end that give us the layout for the ceremonies in the Abbey.
  The presence of empty, but ruled, folios at the end of the volume suggests that FVB was a work in progress.
  Synonyms
  piece of paper, leaf, page
3. 1.3 A size of book made up of folio sheets of paper.
  对开本
  copies in folio
  对开本书册。
  Example sentencesExamples
  Wadum suggests that some of the five books in folio and 25 other books might have been manuals such as those cited by Swillens.
  The paper size is imperial folio, that's almost as big as today's standard A2 page, which is equal to four standard A4 sheets.
  And that's without me looking at the folio size books.
  These were engraved in two sizes: folio, and a smaller series as book illustrations.
4. 1.4 A book or manuscript made up of folio sheets of paper; a volume of the largest standard size.
  对开本书（或抄本）；最大号对开本
  old vellum-bound folios
  古老的犊皮纸包边的对开本。
  as modifier a folio volume
  Example sentencesExamples
  She dedicated her lavish folio volume, in large print, to her brother-in-law, Sir Charles Cavendish, in gratitude.
  The desktop itself was lost beneath teetering stacks of leather-bound volumes and slim folios that formed a parapet around the edges of the desk.
  The whole document fills two massive folios in the only printed edition of the Latin text that has ever been published, in 1783.
  The entries of Shakespearian texts in the Stationers' Register chronicle the publishing fortunes of his poems, individual plays, and the four folios from the 1590s to the Restoration.
  I have completed it and it has filled around fifty folios.
  For these four folio volumes of patient industry, Gould received the princely sum of $50!
  Only once before, in the 1616 Jonson folio, had an English dramatist's plays appeared in collected form.
  Wesley dropped the big folio book he was carrying on to the table and went to me.
  Pages printed on one or both sides, gathered into quires or folios, superceded papyrus and parchment rolls in the fourth century CE.
  Johnson's magnum opus was published in two folio volumes in 1755.
  Shakespearian textual critics are primarily interested in the nature of the lost manuscripts that served as printers' copy for the early quartos and folios.
  The prints were published in the Cabinet du Roi, a series of folio volumes with illustrations of the artistic and scientific triumphs of the reign.
  He'd known that - hence the plan to skip off to Bali once the folio was completed.
  Even their presentation, in imposing folio volumes, reflects the gravity of their intent.
  Kalpesh Lathigra's photojournalistic folios are worth the visit.
  Up to now it is more than a hundred folios of manuscript.
  With the turning pages of his folios and albums, the 98-year-old's life pours out in torrents, just like the many rivers he has captured on film.
  One theological work consists of five folio volumes in Spanish.
  In fact, each photo is so engaging that I wished at times that the book form was replaced by a folio.
  So it was that on 15 April, 1755, the two huge folio volumes went on sale for four pounds and ten shillings a set.

Origin

Late Middle English: from Latin, ablative of folium ‘leaf’, in medieval Latin used in references to mean ‘on leaf so-and-so’. The original sense of in folio (from Italian in foglio) was ‘in the form of a full-sized sheet or leaf folded once’ (designating the largest size of book).

单词	folio
释义	Definition of folio in English: folio nounPlural folios ˈfəʊlɪəʊˈfoʊliˌoʊ 1An individual leaf of paper or parchment, either loose as one of a series or forming part of a bound volume, which is numbered on the recto or front side only. （仅在正面标号的）一张纸；一张羊皮纸书稿 Example sentencesExamples The Khamsa is part of it, complete but for eight folios that had been torn out earlier and were bequeathed to the Met in 1913. The folios will debut at Artexpo New York along with a limited-edition giclee print of ‘Moon Rider.’ The oldest item is a double folio of exquisite calligraphy from a 14th Century Quran of uncertain provenance - Turkish perhaps or Central Asian. These reports are typed on huge folio pages with numerous data categories. Eighty-seven folios of the Book of Animals (about one-tenth of the original text by al-Jahiz) are preserved in the Ambrosiana Library in Milan. The five volumes consisted of an octavo of 786 pages of descriptive matter and four imperial folios containing 213 plates. What made him pen this immense book (382 folio pages in the original Turkish) and how on earth did he find the time? Today it has been pulled apart, the folios bound to a cardboard binder. The action continues on the facing folio, another full-page miniature, this time divided into two registers. Do I find in the appeal book the folio which is said to record the estate or interests of the appellant? Each leaf or folio has two pages and these were normally marked out for the text and any illumination by a process of pricking and ruling using a variety of instruments. ‘Restored and put under glass, the folios could be gingerly handled, and it was possible to photograph all the pages,’ he said. Certain illuminations from his Book of Hours condemn the duke's enemies, the most striking example being a folio accompanying the Vigils of the Dead. Synonyms sheet, side, leaf 1.1 The page number in a printed book. （书的）页码 Example sentencesExamples In folio 145, he described, for the first time, in medical history, a haemorrhagic disease transmitted by unaffected women to their male children - today we call it haemophilia. The commentary on verse 1 of Romans just cited from folio 8 of the Soane manuscript reappears with minor changes in the printed edition of 1542. The specific piece of evidence is an entry given within the book, on the front of folio 327, dating from 1635. The combination of second-person speech and frontal gaze of the princess on folio 3v indicates to him that the book was expressly produced for her young foreign eyes. At folio 23, your Honour, the date is 26 February. The earlier set of ordinances are on folios 17-19, the original custumal on ff.20-49, and the later set of ordinances on ff.74-77. 2A sheet of paper folded once to form two leaves (four pages) of a book. 对折纸，对开纸 Example sentencesExamples Most interesting of all are the two folios at the end that give us the layout for the ceremonies in the Abbey. Once the pages were finished they were folded into the folios and placed up to eight pages in depth. The presence of empty, but ruled, folios at the end of the volume suggests that FVB was a work in progress. His own grammar fills 13 double-column folio pages in his two-volume dictionary. Synonyms piece of paper, leaf, page 2.1 A size of book made up of folio sheets of paper. 对开本 Example sentencesExamples The paper size is imperial folio, that's almost as big as today's standard A2 page, which is equal to four standard A4 sheets. And that's without me looking at the folio size books. Wadum suggests that some of the five books in folio and 25 other books might have been manuals such as those cited by Swillens. These were engraved in two sizes: folio, and a smaller series as book illustrations. 2.2 A book or manuscript made up of folio sheets of paper; a volume of the largest standard size. 对开本书（或抄本）；最大号对开本 Example sentencesExamples He'd known that - hence the plan to skip off to Bali once the folio was completed. Wesley dropped the big folio book he was carrying on to the table and went to me. Up to now it is more than a hundred folios of manuscript. Johnson's magnum opus was published in two folio volumes in 1755. Even their presentation, in imposing folio volumes, reflects the gravity of their intent. Pages printed on one or both sides, gathered into quires or folios, superceded papyrus and parchment rolls in the fourth century CE. She dedicated her lavish folio volume, in large print, to her brother-in-law, Sir Charles Cavendish, in gratitude. So it was that on 15 April, 1755, the two huge folio volumes went on sale for four pounds and ten shillings a set. With the turning pages of his folios and albums, the 98-year-old's life pours out in torrents, just like the many rivers he has captured on film. Shakespearian textual critics are primarily interested in the nature of the lost manuscripts that served as printers' copy for the early quartos and folios. The entries of Shakespearian texts in the Stationers' Register chronicle the publishing fortunes of his poems, individual plays, and the four folios from the 1590s to the Restoration. One theological work consists of five folio volumes in Spanish. The whole document fills two massive folios in the only printed edition of the Latin text that has ever been published, in 1783. I have completed it and it has filled around fifty folios. For these four folio volumes of patient industry, Gould received the princely sum of $50! Kalpesh Lathigra's photojournalistic folios are worth the visit. The prints were published in the Cabinet du Roi, a series of folio volumes with illustrations of the artistic and scientific triumphs of the reign. Only once before, in the 1616 Jonson folio, had an English dramatist's plays appeared in collected form. The desktop itself was lost beneath teetering stacks of leather-bound volumes and slim folios that formed a parapet around the edges of the desk. In fact, each photo is so engaging that I wished at times that the book form was replaced by a folio. Origin Late Middle English: from Latin, ablative of folium 'leaf', in medieval Latin used in references to mean 'on leaf so-and-so'. The original sense of in folio (from Italian in foglio) was 'in the form of a full-sized sheet or leaf folded once' (designating the largest size of book). Rhymes imbroglio, olio, polio, portfolio Definition of folio in US English: folio nounˈfōlēˌōˈfoʊliˌoʊ 1An individual leaf of paper or parchment, numbered on the recto or front side only, occurring either loose as one of a series or forming part of a bound volume. （仅在正面标号的）一张纸；一张羊皮纸书稿 Example sentencesExamples Each leaf or folio has two pages and these were normally marked out for the text and any illumination by a process of pricking and ruling using a variety of instruments. The oldest item is a double folio of exquisite calligraphy from a 14th Century Quran of uncertain provenance - Turkish perhaps or Central Asian. The action continues on the facing folio, another full-page miniature, this time divided into two registers. Certain illuminations from his Book of Hours condemn the duke's enemies, the most striking example being a folio accompanying the Vigils of the Dead. Do I find in the appeal book the folio which is said to record the estate or interests of the appellant? The Khamsa is part of it, complete but for eight folios that had been torn out earlier and were bequeathed to the Met in 1913. These reports are typed on huge folio pages with numerous data categories. The five volumes consisted of an octavo of 786 pages of descriptive matter and four imperial folios containing 213 plates. Eighty-seven folios of the Book of Animals (about one-tenth of the original text by al-Jahiz) are preserved in the Ambrosiana Library in Milan. The folios will debut at Artexpo New York along with a limited-edition giclee print of ‘Moon Rider.’ ‘Restored and put under glass, the folios could be gingerly handled, and it was possible to photograph all the pages,’ he said. What made him pen this immense book (382 folio pages in the original Turkish) and how on earth did he find the time? Today it has been pulled apart, the folios bound to a cardboard binder. Synonyms sheet, side, leaf 1.1Printing The page number in a printed book. （书的）页码 Example sentencesExamples At folio 23, your Honour, the date is 26 February. The earlier set of ordinances are on folios 17-19, the original custumal on ff.20-49, and the later set of ordinances on ff.74-77. The commentary on verse 1 of Romans just cited from folio 8 of the Soane manuscript reappears with minor changes in the printed edition of 1542. The combination of second-person speech and frontal gaze of the princess on folio 3v indicates to him that the book was expressly produced for her young foreign eyes. In folio 145, he described, for the first time, in medical history, a haemorrhagic disease transmitted by unaffected women to their male children - today we call it haemophilia. The specific piece of evidence is an entry given within the book, on the front of folio 327, dating from 1635. 1.2 A sheet of paper folded once to form two leaves (four pages) of a book. 对折纸，对开纸 Example sentencesExamples Once the pages were finished they were folded into the folios and placed up to eight pages in depth. His own grammar fills 13 double-column folio pages in his two-volume dictionary. Most interesting of all are the two folios at the end that give us the layout for the ceremonies in the Abbey. The presence of empty, but ruled, folios at the end of the volume suggests that FVB was a work in progress. Synonyms piece of paper, leaf, page 1.3 A size of book made up of folio sheets of paper. 对开本 copies in folio 对开本书册。 Example sentencesExamples Wadum suggests that some of the five books in folio and 25 other books might have been manuals such as those cited by Swillens. The paper size is imperial folio, that's almost as big as today's standard A2 page, which is equal to four standard A4 sheets. And that's without me looking at the folio size books. These were engraved in two sizes: folio, and a smaller series as book illustrations. 1.4 A book or manuscript made up of folio sheets of paper; a volume of the largest standard size. 对开本书（或抄本）；最大号对开本 old vellum-bound folios 古老的犊皮纸包边的对开本。 as modifier a folio volume Example sentencesExamples She dedicated her lavish folio volume, in large print, to her brother-in-law, Sir Charles Cavendish, in gratitude. The desktop itself was lost beneath teetering stacks of leather-bound volumes and slim folios that formed a parapet around the edges of the desk. The whole document fills two massive folios in the only printed edition of the Latin text that has ever been published, in 1783. The entries of Shakespearian texts in the Stationers' Register chronicle the publishing fortunes of his poems, individual plays, and the four folios from the 1590s to the Restoration. I have completed it and it has filled around fifty folios. For these four folio volumes of patient industry, Gould received the princely sum of $50! Only once before, in the 1616 Jonson folio, had an English dramatist's plays appeared in collected form. Wesley dropped the big folio book he was carrying on to the table and went to me. Pages printed on one or both sides, gathered into quires or folios, superceded papyrus and parchment rolls in the fourth century CE. Johnson's magnum opus was published in two folio volumes in 1755. Shakespearian textual critics are primarily interested in the nature of the lost manuscripts that served as printers' copy for the early quartos and folios. The prints were published in the Cabinet du Roi, a series of folio volumes with illustrations of the artistic and scientific triumphs of the reign. He'd known that - hence the plan to skip off to Bali once the folio was completed. Even their presentation, in imposing folio volumes, reflects the gravity of their intent. Kalpesh Lathigra's photojournalistic folios are worth the visit. Up to now it is more than a hundred folios of manuscript. With the turning pages of his folios and albums, the 98-year-old's life pours out in torrents, just like the many rivers he has captured on film. One theological work consists of five folio volumes in Spanish. In fact, each photo is so engaging that I wished at times that the book form was replaced by a folio. So it was that on 15 April, 1755, the two huge folio volumes went on sale for four pounds and ten shillings a set. Origin Late Middle English: from Latin, ablative of folium ‘leaf’, in medieval Latin used in references to mean ‘on leaf so-and-so’. The original sense of in folio (from Italian in foglio) was ‘in the form of a full-sized sheet or leaf folded once’ (designating the largest size of book).
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