mail
noun
uk/meɪl/us/meɪl/mailnoun(LETTERS/PACKAGES)
A2[SorU](UKalsopost)
theletters, etc. that aresentto or frompeople, or thesystemforsendingletters, etc. fromplacetoplace:
信件,邮包;邮政(系统)Shespentthemorningreadingandansweringher mail.她花了一个上午处理信件。
All ofourcustomerswill becontactedbymail.我们通过邮件方式与所有的客户联络。
Thebookcameinyesterday's mail.书是昨天寄到的。
Somestrangethings getsentthroughthemail.一些奇怪的东西通过邮政系统发了出去。
Synonyms
correspondence(WRITING)
post(LETTERS)mainlyUK
- Pleaseredirectany mail thatarrivesfor me to myaddressin Ottawa.
- I'mafraidit'sfairlymindlesswork-openingmail and keyingdatainto acomputer.
- Whattimedoes the mail usuallyarrivein themorning?
- We get twodeliveriesof mail aday.
- Circulars and otherjunkmail gostraightin thebin.
Communications - the postal system
- addy
- care ofidiom
- collection box
- consignee
- delivery
- direct mail
- first class
- letterbox
- mail slot
- mailbag
- p. and p.
- pigeonhole
- postage
- postbox
- postmark
- self-addressed
- shipping and handling
- stamp
- window
- zip code
mailnoun(EMAIL)
A2[CorU]
email:
电子邮件I hadalmost50 unread mails in myinbox.我的信箱里至少有50封未读邮件。
You have mail.有你的电子邮件。
Internet terminology
- above/below the foldidiom
- address bar
- affiliate link
- affiliate marketing
- all-you-can-eat
- domain name
- internet
- internet café
- internet-enabled
- interweb
- IP
- keyboard warrior
- refresh
- shopping basket
- upvote
- user experience
- utility computing
- UX
- virally
- visitor
mailnoun(COVERING)
[U]
→chain mail
锁子甲(同 chain mail)Marccophoto/ iStock / Getty Images Plus/GettyImages
Arms & munitions in general
- air-to-air
- air-to-ground
- ammo
- ammunition
- anti-aircraft
- catapult
- CBRN
- chain mail
- chemical weapon
- conventional
- denuclearize
- mustard gas
- nerve gas
- ordnance
- poison gas
- sarin
- stab vest
- stealth
- weapons of mass destruction
- WMDs
mail
verb[T]
mainlyUSuk/meɪl/us/meɪl/(UKusuallypost)tosendaletter, etc. or toemailsomething:
邮寄;把…寄出She mailed it lastweekbut it still hasn'tarrived.上周她就把它寄出了,但还没有到。
[+ two objects]Ipromisedto mail him thearticle/mail thearticletohim.我答应过把文章寄给他。
Delivering and despatching
- air bridge
- air corridor
- air drop
- air-dash
- box scheme
- consign
- courier
- drop off
- misaddress
- misdirect
- misdirection
- misroute
- non-delivery
- sendsomethingon
- sendsomethingout
- ship
- shipment
- shipper
- shoot
- truck