单词 | mail chute |
释义 | > as lemmasmail chute mail chute n. U.S. a slide down which mail is sent to a main depository, esp. in an office or apartment block. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > conveyor > [noun] > chute > types of pulleya1586 letter chute1868 sack-shoot1902 tremie1905 mail chute1961 1961 C. Olson Coll. Poems (1987) 551 For me to get in to the apartment there was a narrow squeak of a door more like..a mail chute than a door. 1994 Arizona Republic 6 Mar. 24 The U.S. mail chute in the office came out of the Empire State Building when it was remodeled years ago. < as lemmas |
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