softcover

/ˈsɒftˌkʌv.ər/ (bre, ipa) · /ˈsɑːftˌkʌv.ɚ/ (ame, ipa) · /ˈsȯf(t)-ˌkə-vər How to pronounce softcover (audio)/ (ame, mw)

softcover — adjective

  • softcoverpositive
  • more softcovercomparative
  • most softcoversuperlative

1. describing books whose paper or thin-card covers bend easily instead of staying

1.形容詞B2
釋義

describing books whose paper or thin-card covers bend easily instead of staying stiff like hardback ones.

例句

Tara chose the softcover guidebook because it weighed less in her suitcase.

softcover + noun: softcover guidebook

The school ordered softcover copies of the novel for next year's class.

plural collocation: softcover copies

同義詞
  • paperback

    near-synonym and the more everyday word for this format

  • softback

    British alternative, less common than 'paperback'

反義詞
  • hardcover

    describes a book with a stiff board cover

  • hardback

    British everyday opposite of 'softcover'

文法句型

softcover + noun

release/publish + [book] + in softcover

用法筆記

Often interchangeable with 'paperback' in everyday use. 'Softcover' is especially common in publishing, online retail, and library catalogues when the focus is the book's format rather than one physical copy.

常見錯誤

❌I bought the soft cover edition online.
✅I bought the softcover edition online.
💡before a noun, the adjective is usually written as one word.
❌The hardback and the softcovers arrived together.
✅The hardback and the softcover books arrived together.
💡as an adjective, 'softcover' should modify a noun instead of taking a plural ending.