| 单词 | mail car |
| 释义 | > as lemmasmail car mail car n. (a) Irish English a jaunting car used for the conveyance of mail; (b) chiefly North American, a railway car in which mail is carried; (c) Australian and New Zealand a motor vehicle used for the conveyance of mail (and also sometimes of passengers). ΘΚΠ society > communication > correspondence > postal services > person or vehicle that carries letters or mail > [noun] > vehicle or vessel > railway vehicle mail coach1838 mail train1839 mail car1842 night mail1842 post-office car1851 mail1862 postal car1864 postal1891 1842 S. C. Hall & A. M. Hall Ireland II. 77 Mail-cars. 1889 Church Times 27 Dec. 1227 The regular train consists of two sleepers,..and enough mail-cars to contain the mail. 1915 J. Cox Diary 24 Apr. (MS, Alexander Turnbull Libr., Wellington, N.Z.) I walked to the post office..and came into Carterton by the mail car with five others. 1942 C. Aston in N.Z. New Writing 1 55 Martin heard the mailcar go past. 1945 C. Mann in W. Murdoch & H. Drake-Brockman Austral. Short Stories (1951) 261 Sent by the mail-car up to Town. 1980 E. Neave & M. Neave Land of Munros 46 I was sometimes called upon to drive a mail car to Omarama and Benmore Station on mail days to take surplus passengers and small goods. 1992 N.Y. Times 28 June v. 35/1 The Colorado & Southern mail car was essentially a post office on wheels. < as lemmas |
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