paper

詳細解釋：

pa.per

n.（名詞）
A material made of cellulose pulp, derived mainly from wood, rags, and certain grasses, processed into flexible sheets or rolls by deposit from an aqueous suspension, and used chiefly for writing, printing, drawing, wrapping, and covering walls.
紙：通常用植物纖維，有時也用礦物纖維或合成纖維的水懸浮液流入細網而粘結製成的材料，主要用來書寫、印刷、繪畫、包裝或覆蓋牆壁
A single sheet of this material.
紙張：這種物質的單張
One or more sheets of paper bearing writing or printing, especially:
檔案：一張或多張已經書寫或印刷的紙張，尤指：
A formal written composition intended to be published, presented, or read aloud; a scholarly essay or treatise.
學術論文：一篇寫好的正式著作，為了出版、講演或宣讀；學術文章或論文
A piece of written work for school; a report or theme.
報告，論文：為學校所寫的功課；報告或論文
Often papers An official document, especially one establishing the identity of the bearer.
常作 papers 公文：一種官方檔案，尤指內容具有一致性的
papers A collection of letters, diaries, and other writings, especially by one person:
papers 文集：書信、日記和其它作品的收集，尤指一個人的：
例句：
the Madison papers.
麥迪遜書信集

Commercial documents that represent value and can be transferred from owner to owner; negotiable instruments considered as a group:
票據，有價證券：代表價值並可以轉讓的商業檔案；看作一組的可流通工具：
例句：
.billions more invested in American stocks, bonds, certificates of deposit, and other paper.(Christian Science Monitor)
.在美國股票、公債、儲蓄和其它商業證券方面的數十億投資.( * )

A newspaper.
報紙
Wallpaper.
壁紙
A wrapper made of paper, often with its contents:
包裝紙：包裝紙，常常帶著它所包的東西：
例句：
a paper of pins.
一紙包的針

Slang
【俚語】
A free pass to a theater.
劇院的免費入場券
The audience admitted with free passes.
免費入場的觀眾
v.tr.（及物動詞）
pa.pered,pa.per.ing,pa.pers
To cover, wrap, or line with paper.
包裝：用紙蓋、包裝或連起來
To cover with wallpaper.
貼壁紙：用貼牆紙裱糊
To supply with paper.
提供紙張
Slang To issue free passes for (a theater, for example).
【俚語】 提供免費入場券（如劇院）
To construct (something) in haste and with little forethought:
倉促完成：匆忙地並且未經事先考慮地創立（某事物）：
例句：
papered together a new coalition of political convenience.
為政治便利而匆忙形成的新聯盟

adj.（形容詞）
Made of paper.
用紙做的
Resembling paper, as in thinness or flimsiness.
似紙的：象紙似的，如就薄或脆弱而言
Of or relating to clerical work:
有關文書的：涉及或與文書工作有關的：
例句：
paper duties.
文書工作

Existing only in printed or written form:
帳面上的：僅以印刷或書寫形式出現的：
例句：
paper profits; a paper corporation.
帳面上的利潤；皮包公司

Planned but not realized; theoretical.
理論上的：計畫中而非現實的；理論上的

<常用詞組>paper over
To put or keep out of sight; conceal:
隱藏：使不被看到；掩飾：
例句：
paper over a deficit with accounting gimmicks.
在帳上耍花招來掩飾虧空

To downplay or gloss over (differences, for example), especially in order to maintain a nominal, apparent, or temporary unity.
虛飾：掩飾或暫平息（如不同點），尤其為了維持名義上的、表面的或暫時的團結
<習慣用語>on paper
In writing or print.
書面上：書寫或印刷形式
In theory, as opposed to actual performance or fact:
理論上：在理論上，不同於真實的表現或事實：
例句：
It is a good team on paper, but its members play poorly together.
在理論上它是一支不錯的隊，可是隊員們配合不好

來源：
Middle English
中古英文
from Old French papier
源自 古法文 papier
from Latin paptrus [papyrus plant, papyrus paper]
源自 拉丁語 paptrus [紙莎草植物，紙莎草紙]
from Greek papuros
源自 希臘語 papuros

【引伸】
pa.perer
n.（名詞）