a particular form or version of a published text 版本 a paperback edition. 平装本。 ■a particular version of a text maintained by regular revision 版(次) a first edition. 初版。 ■the total number of copies of a book, newspaper, or other published material issued at one time 一版印刷数 ■a particular version or instance of a regular programme or broadcast (某固定广播电视节目的特殊的) 一版,一期 the Monday edition will be repeated on Wednesday afternoons. 周一版会在周三下午重播。 ■[in sing.](figurative)a person or thing that is compared to another as a copy to an original (喻)极相似的人(或物),翻版 the building was a simpler edition of its namesake. 这建筑是其同名物的更加简单的翻版。
语源
late Middle English: from French édition, from Latin editio(n-), from edere 'put out', from e- (variant of ex-) 'out' + dare 'give'