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quire
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音标：英 [kwaɪə] 美 ['kwaɪɚ]
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解释：
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n. 一刀；一叠对折的手稿
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n. (Quire)人名；(英)夸尔
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中文词源：
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quire 对折的四张纸，一刀来自古法语quaier,来自拉丁语quater,四位，词源同four,quarter.用于指对折的四张纸，通常 为16 页，有些地方也指24 页。
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英文词源：
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quire
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quire: see quarter
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quire (n.1)
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c. 1200, "set of four folded pages for a book; pamphlet consisting of a single quire," from Anglo-French quier, Old French quaier "sheet of paper folded in four," from Vulgar Latin *quaternus, from Latin quaterni "four each," from quater "four times." Meaning "standard unit for selling paper" first recorded late 14c. In quires (late 15c.) means "unbound."
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quire (n.2)
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early form and later variant spelling of choir (q.v.).
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And I'd imagine you would be doing quire a lot of teaching outside the school, and moving around quite a bit.【出自-2010年6月听力原文】
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