hardback

n [C, U] book bound in a stiff cover 精装书: Hardbacks are expensive. 精装书很贵. * My novel has just appeared in hardback. 我的小说刚出精装本. * [attrib 作定语] a hardback book 精装书. Cf 参看 paperback (paper).

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