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| 释义 | mail (once / 183 pages) 1nv 2n Mail is anything that's delivered to your mail box or post office box — letters, bills, packages, magazines, or anything else that's sent through the postal service. Email is the internet's version of mail. Mail carriers' bags are full of mail, and the system that allows this mail to be delivered all over the world is also called the mail. As a verb, to mail something is to send it via this system: when you write a letter, address and stamp it, and put it in a mailbox, you mail it. In the seventeenth century, mail meant "bag full of letters," from the Old French male, "wallet, bag, or bundle." WORD FAMILYmail: mailed, mailer, mailing, mails+/mailer: mailers/mailing: mailings USAGE EXAMPLESThey mailed 360 letters to residents, explained the plans and asked for input. Washington Post(Jan 02, 2017) Some examples are David Rose from the UK who writes for The Mail on Sunday. The Guardian(Jan 02, 2017) “All his letters were like mail art,” Mr. Lethem said. New York Times(Jan 01, 2017) 1 1n the bags of letters and packages that are transported by the postal service Hypo|Hyper 1st class, 1st-class mail, first class, first-class mail mail that includes letters and postcards and packages sealed against inspection express, express mailmail that is distributed by a rapid and efficient system parcel postpostal service that handles packages bulk mailmail consisting of large numbers of identical items (circulars or advertisements) sent to individual addresses at less than 1st-class rates and paid for in one lot third class, third-class mailmail consisting of printed matter qualifying for reduced postal rates airmailletters and packages that are transported by aircraft air mailmail that is sent by air transport surface mailmail that is sent by land or sea registered mail, registered postmail that is registered by the post office when sent in order to assure safe delivery special deliverymail that is delivered by a special carrier (for an additional charge) pony expressexpress mail carried by relays of riders on horseback; especially between Missouri and California around 1860 junk mailthird-class mail consisting of advertising and often addressed to `resident' or `occupant' correspondencecommunication by the exchange of letters message a communication (usually brief) that is written or spoken or signaled 2n any particular collection of letters or packages that is delivered your mail is on the table Syn|Hypo|Hyper post fan mail mail sent to public figures from their admirers hate mailmail that expresses the writer's dislike or hatred (usually in offensive language) mailingmail sent by a sender at one time accumulation, aggregation, assemblage, collection several things grouped together or considered as a whole 3n the system whereby messages are transmitted via the post office the mail handles billions of items every day he works for the United States mail service in England they call mail `the post' Syn|Hypo|Hyper mail service, post, postal service airmail, airpost a system of conveying mail by aircraft snail mailany mail that is physically delivered by the postal service RFD, rural free deliveryfree government delivery of mail in outlying country areas communicating, communication the activity of communicating; the activity of conveying information 4n a conveyance that transports the letters and packages that are conveyed by the postal system Hyper conveyance, transport something that serves as a means of transportation 5v send via the postal service I'll mail you the check tomorrow Syn|Hypo|Hyper get off pouch send by special mail that goes through diplomatic channels send, send out to cause or order to be taken, directed, or transmitted to another place 6v cause to be directed or transmitted to another place 2I'll mail you the paper when it's written Syn|Hypo|Hyper post, send express send by rapid transport or special messenger service airmailsend or transport by airmail registersend by registered mail express-mailsend by express mail or courier transfer move from one place to another n (Middle Ages) flexible armor made of interlinked metal rings Syn|Hypo|Hyper chain armor, chain armour, chain mail, ring armor, ring armour, ring mail brigandine a medieval coat of chain mail consisting of metal rings sewn onto leather or cloth habergeon(Middle Ages) a light sleeveless coat of chain mail worn under the hauberk byrnie, hauberka long (usually sleeveless) tunic of chain mail formerly worn as defensive armor gusset, voidera piece of chain mail covering a place unprotected by armor plate body armor, body armour, cataphract, coat of mail, suit of armor, suit of armour armor that protects the wearer's whole body |
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