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单词 mailbox
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mailbox

(meɪlbɒks)
Word forms: plural mailboxes
1. countable noun
A mailbox is a box outside your house where your letters are delivered.
[US]
2. countable noun
A mailbox is a metal box in a public place, where you put letters and packets to be collected. They are then sorted and delivered.
[mainly US]regional note: in BRIT, use post box
3. countable noun [usually singular]
On a computer, your mailbox is the file where your email is stored.

mailbox in British English

(ˈmeɪlˌbɒks)
noun
1. mainly US and Canadian
a. 
a slot, usually covered with a hinged flap, through which letters, etc are delivered to a building
b. 
a private box into which letters, etc, are delivered
Also called (in Britain and certain other countries): letter box
2. mainly US and Canadian
a public box into which letters, etc, are put for collection and delivery
Also called (in Britain and certain other countries): postbox
3. 
(on a computer) the directory in which e-mail messages are stored; also used of the icon that can be clicked to provide access to e-mails

mailbox in American English

(ˈmeɪlˌbɑks)
noun
1.  US
a box or compartment into which mail is put when delivered, as at one's home
2.  US
a box, as on a street corner, into which mail is put for collection
3.  Computing
the part of an electronic mail system that stores incoming messages for a particular user
Also mail box

Examples of 'mailbox' in a sentence
mailbox

His name, he reminded himself, had never been displayed on the mailbox.
Maupin, Armistead MORE TALES OF THE CITY (1989)

In other languages
mailbox

British English: mailbox /ˈmeɪlˌbɒks/ NOUN
A mailbox is a box outside your house where letters are delivered.
The next day there was a letter in her mailbox.
  • American English: mailbox
  • Arabic: صُنْدَوقُ الْبَرِيدِ
  • Brazilian Portuguese: caixa de correio
  • Chinese: 邮筒
  • Croatian: poštanski sandučić
  • Czech: poštovní schránka
  • Danish: postkasse
  • Dutch: postbus
  • European Spanish: buzón IngAmer
  • Finnish: postilaatikko
  • French: boîte aux lettres
  • German: Briefkasten
  • Greek: γραμματοκιβώτιο
  • Italian: cassetta delle lettere
  • Japanese: 郵便受
  • Korean: 우체통
  • Norwegian: postkasse
  • Polish: skrzynka pocztowa
  • European Portuguese: caixa de correio
  • Romanian: cutie poștală
  • Russian: почтовый ящик
  • Latin American Spanish: buzón
  • Swedish: brevlåda
  • Thai: ตู้จดหมาย
  • Turkish: posta kutusu
  • Ukrainian: поштова скринька
  • Vietnamese: hộp thư

Definition of 'mailbox'

Chinese translation of 'mailbox'

mailbox

(ˈmeɪlbɔks)

n (c)

  1. (US, for letters) 信箱 (xìnxiāng) (个(個), gè)
    英 = letterbox
  2. (US) 邮(郵)筒 (yóutǒng) (个(個), gè)
    英 = post box
  3. (Comput) 电(電)子信箱 (diànzǐ xìnxiāng) (个(個), gè)
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