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单词 field post office
释义

field post officen.

Brit. /ˌfiːld ˈpəʊst ɒfɪs/, U.S. /ˌfil(d) ˈpoʊst ˌɔfəs/, /ˌfil(d) ˈpoʊst ˌɑfəs/
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding; modelled on a German lexical item. Etymons: field n.1, post office n.
Etymology: < field n.1 + post office n., after German Feldpostamt (18th cent.). Compare later field post n.2
A military post office provided for soldiers in the field. Cf. field post n.2
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1797 Bailey's Dict. Eng.-German & German-Eng. II. 168/1 Feldpostamt, field-post-office.
1810 Lady's Mag. Apr. 187/2 The French field-post office is at present established here, apparently for the accommodation of the army assembled on the frontier of Brandenburgh.
1895 A. L. Wagner Organization & Tactics 28 The service of the field post-office, if not performed by civilian employés of the Post-Office Department, should be placed in the hands of general service clerks.
1918 E. Atkinson Poilu v. 115 There were complete field hospitals with their personnel and equipment, a field post-office with clerks distributing the mail, and even field kitchens.
1998 Soldiers (Electronic ed.) July 8 There were no big PXs selling envelopes or postcards, and field post offices were not operating.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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