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carbon paper

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
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ˈcarbon ˌpaper noun [countable, uncountable]  BDthin paper with a blue or black substance on one side, that you put between sheets of paper when typing on a typewriter in order to make a copy onto the second sheet of paper 复写纸
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carbon paperThey use that magic carbon paper.The flattened shape is transferred to a sheet of leather by mangling carbon paper between the two.Books and papers were either remembered or copied, sometimes ten typed sheets at once, on carbon paper.A final covering of aluminium foil or carbon paper reduces the risk of detection by X-ray machines.A smell I had waited all day to smell-old and sweet, the carbon paper.Carbonless paper coated with chemicals and dye which will produce copies without carbon paper.
From Longman Business Dictionarycarbon paperˈcarbon ˌpaper noun [uncountable] thin paper with a blue or black substance on one side, that you put between sheets of paper when typing on a typewriter, in order to make a copy onto the second sheet of paper
ˈcarbon ˌpaper nounChineseSyllable
Corpus Business substance a with or paper on thin blue black


carbon paper
ˈcarbon ˌpaper noun [uncountable and countable]
thin paper with a blue or black substance on one side, that you put between sheets of paper when typing on a typewriter in order to make a copy onto the second sheet of paper


carbon paperBrE /ˈkɑːbən peɪpə(r)/ 🔊NAmE /ˈkɑːrbən peɪpər/ 🔊 noun [uncountable] thin paper with a dark substance on one side, that is used between two sheets of paper for making copies of written or typed documents 复写纸