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单词 snail mail
释义
snail mail
noun[U]
informalhumorous
uk
/ˈsneɪl ˌmeɪl/us
/ˈsneɪl ˌmeɪl/
lettersormessagesthat are notsentbyemail, but in thepost:
平信，传统信件
Weagreedthedealonline, but we'll have towaitforsnailmailto get thepaperwork.我们在网上达成了交易，但是还得等平信寄来书面文件。
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(Definition ofsnail mailfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

snail mail| American Dictionary

snail mail
noun[U]
infml
us
/ˈsneɪl ˌmeɪl/
mail that issentthrough thepostoffice,esp. incomparisonwithe-mail
(Definition ofsnail mailfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

snail mail| Business English

snail mail
noun[U]
COMMUNICATIONSinformal
uk
us
lettersormessagesthat aresentbypostratherthan byemail:
by snail mailOf the 30,000votesreceived, only 1,000 came bysnailmail.
(Definition ofsnail mailfrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofsnail mail

snail mail
Thus, sending a draft to your advisor viasnailmailwas a painful and not very promising endeavor.
From theCambridge English Corpus
There are all sorts of ways to let people know—telephone, e-mail, evensnailmail.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
So then it is back tosnailmail, or the telephone for booking.
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Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
The notification was so slow that some doctors are calling it "snailmail".
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Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
They clearly have to make some effort so that they are no longer described assnailmaileven if they cannot attain the speed of email.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
This innovated site at the time took high school recruiting fromsnailmailto the internet.
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The original system had three paper manuals and operated by print-based turn-sheets viasnailmail.
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Before e-planning, citizens could provide only their opinion via direct confrontation,snailmail, phone calls, or e-mails.
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Originally passed out at gigs and for sale throughsnailmailfor a fee of $5.
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The book gives plenty of tidbits on how congressional offices are staffed, parliamentary procedure, ethics guidelines, and the e-mail andsnailmailsystems.
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Snailmailpenpals are those penpals that communicate with one another through the postal system, rather than on the internet which has become the more common medium.
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As paper correspondence becomes inconvenient for businesses that are evolving to maintain a paperless office, services have emerged to outsource the task of scanningsnailmailas it arrives.
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The phrasesnailmailis used to mean regular postal service delivery of paper messages as opposed to the delivery of email, which can be virtually instantaneous.
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