mail
n
1 [U] official system of collecting, transporting and delivering letters and parcels 郵政; 郵政系統; 郵政制度
send a letter by airmail 寄一封航空信
The letter is in the mail. 信在郵寄途中.
[attrib 作定語]
the mail van, service, train 郵政汽車、 服務、 列車
the `mail-coach, ie horse-drawn coach formerly used for carrying letters, etc (舊時)郵政馬車.
2
(a) [U] letters, parcels, etc sent by post 信件; 郵包; 郵件
Post office workers sort the mail. 郵局工作人員分揀郵件.
There isn't much mail today. 今天郵件不多.
The office mail is opened in the morning. 公務信件在早晨開啟.
(b) [C] letters, parcels, etc delivered or collected at one time 一次發送或收取的郵件
I want this letter to catch the afternoon mail. 我想讓這封信趕得及能隨下午收取的郵件走.
Is there another mail in the afternoon? 下午還另有一批郵件嗎? Cf 參看 post3. mail, v [Tn, Dn.n, Dn.pr]
~ sth (to sb) (esp US) send sth (to sb) by post (給某人)寄某物
Mail me a new form, please. 請給我寄一張新表格.
I'll mail it to you tomorrow. 我明天把它寄給你. Cf 參看 post4.
mail n [U]
body armour made of metal rings or plates linked together 鎧甲
a coat of mail 一件鎧甲.