| 单词 | balloon post |
| 释义 | > as lemmasballoon post balloon post n. [compare German Ballonpost (1871 or earlier, originally with reference to the postal service operating out of Paris); mail sent by this service bore the French inscription Par ballon monté or Par le ballon (both 1870)] now historical a postal service that uses balloons; spec. the service which operated out of Paris during the Franco-Prussian War of 1870–1. ΘΚΠ society > communication > correspondence > postal services > [noun] > types of service > conveyance of mail by air balloon post1870 airmail1911 1870 Food Jrnl. Nov. 539 By balloon post. Oct. 19. 1896 Atlantic Monthly June 798/2 Since all regular communication was cut off, we..could only pace the sombre London streets..; until letters by balloon-post from our beleaguered staff there [sc. in France] would relieve our minds. 1988 Amer. Hist. Rev. 93 718/2 Microfilming of messages (used in conjunction with pigeon and balloon post during the siege of Paris). 2003 Denver Post (Nexis) 23 Mar. l8 Chinese stamps, those from Russia's communist era and covers from the Balloon Post—mail delivered in..1870 by balloon out of Paris. < as lemmas |
| 随便看 |
|
英语词典包含1132095条英英释义在线翻译词条，基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法，是英语学习的有利工具。