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- 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。
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- count noun a newspaper报纸。
1.2
- wallpaper墙纸。
1.3
- 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.
他把桌上的文件很快地翻阅了一遍。
1.4
papers
significant or important documents belonging to a person个人的重要文件。
1.5
- 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。
1.6
- 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文件。
1.7
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。
1.8
- count noun a piece of paper used for wrapping or enclosing something or made into a packet包装纸：
toffee papers.
太妃糖包装纸。
1.9
- short for COMMERCIAL PAPER.COMMERCIAL PAPER的简称。
1.10
- short for CIGARETTE PAPER.CIGARETTE PAPER的简称。
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- a set of examination questions to be answered at one session试卷：
we had to sit a three-hour paper.
我们必须做一份三小时的试卷。
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- the written answers to such questions答卷。
2.2
- 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。
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- 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。
with obj.
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- （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。
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- no obj.
paper over
cover (a hole or blemish) with wallpaper用墙纸覆盖（洞, 污点）。
1.2
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。
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- 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。
短语
be not worth the paper it is written on
- be of no value or validity whatsoever despite having been written down毫无价值。
make the papers
- be written about in newspapers and thus become famous or notorious因上了报纸而出名。
on paper
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- in writing以书面形式。
1.1
- 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 cracks
- disguise problems or divisions rather than trying to solve them掩饰分歧; 掩盖问题。
派生词
paperer
nounpaperless
adjective词源
Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French papir, from Latin papyrus 'paper-reed' （see PAPYRUS）. The verb dates from the late 16th cent.