mid-15c., from Late Latin folio "leaf or sheet of paper," from Latin folio, ablative of folium "leaf," from PIE *bhol-yo- "leaf" (cognates: Greek phyllon "leaf," Gaelic bile "leaflet, blossom"), suffixed form of root *bhel- (3) "to thrive, bloom," which is possibly from *bhel- (2) "to blow, inflate, swell" (see bole). Ablative of location, because this was used in page references. Meaning "volume of the largest size" first attested 1620s.
双语例句
1. Richard told me of three 16th-century folio volumes on alchemy.
理查德告诉过我16世纪的三卷关于炼金术的对开本书籍的事。
来自柯林斯例句
2. Ideal English language teacher creative arts students plan to study abroad - can also assist with folio preparation.
我是想出国留学的艺术学生的理想英文老师, - 也可以帮助folio准备.
来自互联网
3. The manuscript you sent us has a folio missing.
你送来的原稿少了一页.
来自辞典例句
4. This book on literature has been brought out in folio.
这本论文学的书已印成对开本发行.
来自互联网
5. English actor and an editor of the First Folio of Shakespeare's plays ( 1623 ).