| 单词 | air letter |
| 释义 | > as lemmasair letter air letter n. a letter conveyed by air, esp. one written on a specially designed folding form. ΘΚΠ society > communication > correspondence > letter > [noun] > letters, etc., by method of dispatch or conveyance post-letter1648 ship-letterc1675 by-letter1685 penny-post letter1686 way letter1710 by-night1766 cross-letter1789 twopenny1818 box letter1827 non-paid1829 balloon-letter1870 pigeongram1875 railway letter1891 pneumatogram1894 airmail1918 aerogram1919 airgram1919 air letter1920 pneumatique1924 pneu1926 snail mail1929 aerogramme1934 airgraph1941 1920 Flight 12 781/2 Threepenny air-letter postage between London and Amsterdam, with the prospect of a similar charge to Paris, is getting a little nearer sanity. 1951 Oxf. Junior Encycl. IV. 17/1 An air letter is written on a special form supplied by the Post Office. This is made of thin paper and impressed with a sixpenny stamp. 1972 P. White Let. 8 Oct. (1994) xi. 403 I think the secret lies in the spacing—in not squeezing it up on one of those air-letter forms. 2004 Stamp Mag. Aug. 59/1 Military personnel in ‘active’ areas, of which the Falkland Islands is one, are entitled to free mail, in addition to the famous ‘blueys’ (similar to an airletter). < as lemmas |
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