quarto
n
(pl ~s)
(a) (abbrs 缩写 4to, qto) size of page made by folding a standard sheet of paper twice to form eight pages 四开(标准纸张摺 两次而成八页的大小).
(b) book made of these folded sheets 四开本
the first quarto of `Hamlet´ 《哈姆雷特》的第一种四开本
[attrib 作定语]
Quarto volumes are too large to fit on this shelf. 这架子上放不下四开本的书.