| 单词 | snail mail |
| 释义 | snail mailSEE SYNONYMS FOR snail mail ON THESAURUS.COM noun Facetious.physical delivery of mail, as contrasted with email. the letters, packages, etc., delivered this way. Also called s-mail [es-meyl] /ˈɛsˌmeɪl/ . Origin of snail mailFirst recorded in 1980–85 Words nearby snail mailsnail darter, snail fever, snailfish, snailflower, snail kite, snail mail, snail-paced, snail's pace, snake, snakebird, snakebit Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 British Dictionary definitions for snail mailsnail mail / informal / nounthe conventional postal system, as opposed to electronic mail verb snail-mail(tr) to send by the conventional postal system, rather than by electronic mail Word Origin for snail mailC20: so named because of the relative slowness of the conventional postal system Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Idioms and Phrases with snail mailsnail mail Ordinary postal service, as opposed to electronic communications. For example, He hasn't taken to his computer so he's still using snail mail. This slangy idiom, alluding to the alleged slowness of the snail, caught on at least partly for its rhyme. [1980s] The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Cultural definitions for snail mailsnail mail A term used to denote mail sent via the traditional postal service, usually to contrast that process to e-mail. The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved. |
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