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quarto

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++quar·to /ˈkwɔːtəʊ $ ˈkwɔːrtoʊ/ noun (plural quartos) [countable] technical  TCNthe size of paper made by folding a normal large sheet of paper twice to produce four sheets 四开〔标准印张的四分之一〕
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quartoThe final divergence between score and quarto proves to be more imaginary than real.Illus.4 shows the opening of Act 5 as it appears in both quartos.A folio edition was an expensive item, but even cheaper quarto editions of most writers were not available readily.You might not think this is enough raw material to spin out over 345 hardback quarto pages, but why not?There is no mention here of dancing monkeys; and the quarto puts them in two pages and several musical numbers later.In Act 2, by contrast, there are no serious discrepancies between the score and the quarto.She lifted out the books; they were quarto, half-bound in leather, and heavy.
Origin quarto (1500-1600) Latin quartus; → QUARTER1
quar·to nounChineseSyllable
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quarto
quarto /ˈkwɔːtəʊ $ ˈkwɔːrtoʊ/ noun (plural quartos) [countable] technical
 Date: 1500-1600
 Language: Latin
 Origin: quartus; quarter1
the size of paper made by folding a normal large sheet of paper twice to produce four sheets


quartoBrE /ˈkwɔːtəʊ/ 🔊NAmE /ˈkwɔːrtoʊ/ 🔊 noun (
plural
quartos
)
(specialist)
[uncountable] a size of page made by folding a standard sheet of paper twice to make eight pages 四开(标准印张的四分之一大小) [countable] a book with pages in quarto size 四开本图书