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单词 dead letter
释义 dead letter
 —dead-letter,  adj.  
  1. a law, ordinance, etc., that has lost its force but has not been formally repealed or abolished.
  2. a letter that cannot reach the addressee or be returned to the sender, usually because of incorrect address, and that is sent to and handled in a special division or department (dead-letter office) of a general post office.
 [1570-80]
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