packet
n
1 [C]
(a) (US usu 美式英語通常作 package) small paper or cardboard container in which goods are packed for selling (包裝商品的)?quot;? 小盒, 小袋
a packet of biscuits, cigarettes, tea, etc 一?quot;?香煙、 茶葉等.
(b) small package or parcel 用?quot;?小箱、 小盒所盛之物; ?quot;?
2 [sing] (infml 口) large amount of money (used esp in the expressions shown) 大筆款項(尤用於以下示例)
make (ie earn) a packet 掙一大筆錢
cost (sb) a packet 花(某人)一大筆錢.
3 [C] (also `packet-boat) boat that carries mail and passengers on a fixed short route (短途)定期郵船, 班輪.
4 (idm 習語) cop a packet => cop2. packet, NOTE ON USAGE 用法
Some things in shops are sold in packets (US pack) 商店中某些商品以packet(?quot;埃┬問匠鍪郟朗接⒂鎘胮ack)
a packet of sweets, crisps, cigarettes ?quot;奶槍?炸土豆片、 香煙
a six-pack of beer 半打裝啤酒. Note that a packet/pack of cigarettes contains some cigarettes but a cigarette packet/pack may be empty. 注意a packet/pack of cigarettes(一盒香煙)有一定數(shù)量的香煙, 而a cigarette packet/pack(一個香煙盒)可能是空的. A parcel (US also package) is something wrapped, often in brown paper, so that it can be sent by post. *parcel(美式英語亦作package)指包起來(常指用牛皮紙包裹)郵寄的物品
The postman rang the bell because he had a parcel/package to deliver. 郵遞員按門鈴叫門投遞包裹. A package in British English is usually carried and not sent. 英式英語中package通常指攜帶的而不是寄送的包裹. Packaging is the material used to wrap and protect products sold in shops or sent through the post. *packaging是指商店售出商品或郵遞物品的包裝材料.