mail

英 [meɪl] 美 [meɪl]

• n. 邮件；邮政
• vt. 邮寄

双解释义

n. (名词)

1. [U]邮政(制度),邮递

   the postal system

2. [U][C]邮件,邮包

   letters and anything else sent or received by post, especially those travelling or arriving together

v. (动词)

1. vt. 邮寄

   post (a letter, parcel, etc.)

详尽释义

n. 名词

1. 邮件，电子邮件，信件
2. <美>邮递，邮政（制度）
3. 锁子甲，铠甲； 锁子状甲壳
4. <美>一次递送的邮件
5. 邮政工具，邮件运输工具
6. 邮袋，邮包
7. 邮件的一次发送
8. 邮递员，邮务员
9. 邮报

v. 动词

1. <美>邮寄，批量邮寄
2. 把（邮件）投入邮箱
3. 使披上铠甲，使穿锁子甲

英英释义

Noun:

1. the bags of letters and packages that are transported by the postal service

2. the system whereby messages are transmitted via the post office;

   "the mail handles billions of items every day"
   "he works for the United States mail service"
   "in England they call mail `the post'"
   

3. a conveyance that transports the letters and packages that are conveyed by the postal system

4. any particular collection of letters or packages that is delivered;

   "your mail is on the table"
   "is there any post for me?"
   "she was opening her post"
   

5. (Middle Ages) flexible armor made of interlinked metal rings

Verb:

1. send via the postal service;

   "I'll mail you the check tomorrow"
   

2. cause to be directed or transmitted to another place;

   "send me your latest results"
   "I'll mail you the paper when it's written"
   

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. I opened my mail and was surprised to see a broken vase.
   我打开了邮件，惊讶地发现了一个打碎的花瓶。
2. Is there another mail in the afternoon?
   下午还另有一批邮件吗？
3. Some mail came for you this morning.
   今天上午有你的邮件。
4. Our products are available by mail order.
   我们的产品可用邮政划拨。
5. This mail service is called Rural Free Delivery.
   这种邮政服务称为'农村免费邮递服务'。

用作及物动词 (vt.)

1. I went to the post office to mail the letters.
   我去邮局寄信。
2. Make sure the parcel is tied up before you mail it.
   包裹在邮寄前一定要捆好。

常见句型

用作名词 (n.)

1. I'm thinking of studying engineering by mail.
   我在想通过函授学工程学。
2. The ship calls at each port on this coast to pick up passengers and mail.
   那艘轮船在沿海每个港口停下,搭载乘客和接取邮件。
3. The flood of fan mail proved he'd arrived.
   崇拜者的信件潮水般地涌来,证明他成功了。
4. My mail averages 11 letters a day.
   我的邮件平均每天达到11封信。
5. They forwarded his mail to his new address.
   他们把他的邮件寄到他的新地址。
6. Is there another mail in the afternoon?
   下午有一批邮件吗?

用作动词 (v.)

用作及物动词

S+～+ n./pron.

1. He mailed the letter this morning.
   他今天上午把信寄出去了。
2. Mind that you don't forget to mail the letters.
   注意别忘了把信寄出。
3. Please remember to mail the parcel.
   请记住把包裹寄了。
4. I mailed a letter of apology.
   我发了一封道歉信。
5. He mailed a parcel yesterday.
   他昨天邮寄了一个包裹。
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6. Catalogues of our products will be mailed on request.
   产品目录承索即寄。
7. I see from the postmark that this card was mailed from Mary's holiday address.
   我从邮戳上看出,这张明信片是从玛丽度假所住的地方邮来的。

用作双宾动词

S+～+ pron./n. + n./pron.

1. He mailed his mother 50 yuan every month.
   他每月给母亲邮寄50元。
2. We'll mail you a check the first thing in the morning.
   我们早上要做的第一件事就是给你寄支票。
3. Did you mail John the book?
   你给约翰寄书了吗?
4. She mailed her brother two books.
   她给弟弟邮了两本书。

S+～+ n./pron. +to pron./n.

1. He mailed the package to me.
   他给我邮寄了一个包裹。
2. Mail the dispatch to the manager.
   把这个急件发送给经理。
3. She mailed a book to me.
   她寄了本书给我。

经典引文

• Mangl'd with gastly wounds through Plate and Maile.

  出自： Milton

• Through the glimmering thicket the linked mail rang out.

  出自： W. Morris

• He..emptied out his mails upon the floor that I might have a change of clothes.

  出自： R. L. Stevenson

• I..never had an answer to the letter I had mailed from New Orleans.

  出自： L. Hellman

• I want to mail out personalized appeals.

  出自： J. Wilcox

词汇搭配

用作名词 (n.)

动词+～

• address mail to 把邮件寄往
• call for the mail 去取邮件
• catch the mail 赶上邮件的发送时间,赶上邮班
• deliver the mail 传递邮件
• forward one's mailto 把某人的邮件转送至
• miss the mail 误了邮班
• send out mail 发送邮件
• sort the mail 把邮件分类

形容词+～

• electronic mail 电子邮件
• express mail 快件
• first mail 头班邮递
• foreign mail 国外邮件
• free mail 免费邮件
• international mail 国际邮件
• next mail 下一次邮件
• ordinary mail 平信
• registered mail 挂号邮寄
• second-class mail 二类邮件(尤其报刊、杂志等)
• the first mail 第一班邮件
• the second mail 一天中的第二次邮递时间
• third-class mail 三类邮件

名词+～

• air mail 航空邮递
• book mail 书籍邮寄
• evening mail 晚班邮件
• fan mail 崇拜者的来信
• hate mail 攻击性邮件
• morning mail 早班邮件
• night mail 夜行邮政车
• parcel mail 包裹邮寄
• return mail 返程邮政车
• sea mail 海上邮递

～+名词

• mail bag 邮袋
• mail box 邮箱
• mail card 明信片
• mail carrier 邮递员
• mail drop 邮筒,信箱
• mail mark 邮戳

介词+～

• by mail 用邮寄方式
• order sth by mail 邮购某物
• in mails 在邮递中
• in the mail 在邮件中
• through the mail 通过邮件

～+介词

• mail for Beijing 寄往北京的邮件

用作动词 (v.)

～+名词

• mail a parcel 邮寄了一个包裹
• mail the letters 寄信

～+副词

• mail consistently 始终如一地邮寄
• mail generally 一般性地邮寄
• mail infallibly 绝对可靠地邮寄
• mail intermittently 断断续续地邮寄
• mail particularly 特别邮寄
• mail regularly 定期邮寄
• mail successively 连续邮寄
• mail unexpectedly 意外地邮寄

词语用法

n. (名词)

1. mail的基本意思是“邮政(制度),邮递”,指通过邮局系统把信件或其他物(体)由一个地方寄到另外一个地方的行为,通常与the连用,只用作单数名词或不可数名词。
2. mail有时也可作“邮件,邮包”解,一般用作不可数名词; 当指“一次发送或收取的邮件”时,是可数名词。

v. (动词)

1. mail的基本意思是“邮寄”,指通过邮局系统把信件或其他物品由一个地方寄到另外一个地方,是美式英语,其用法与英式英语中的post相同。
2. mail只用作及物动词,可接名词或代词作宾语,也可接双宾语,其间接宾语可以转化为介词to的宾语。
3. mail是瞬间动词,不可与表示一段时间的状语连用。

词义辨析

n. (名词)

mail, post

• 这两个词的共同意思是“邮件”。其区别是：
• 1.mail主要用于美式英语; post多用于英式英语。
• 2.post常可用作定语构成合成词, mail无此用法。例如:
• It came in the mail.那东西是邮寄来的。
• The post office is quite near.邮局很近。

v. (动词)

mail to, address to, post to

• 这三个短语结构相同( v. + prep. ),意思相同(将某物寄给某人或某地),用法相同(接表示人或地点的名词作宾语,可用于主、被动结构)。它们之间的区别在于使用场合上,作“寄信”解时可换用。例如:
• Please address〔mail,post〕 the letter to Alaska.请将此信按地址寄至阿拉斯加。
• 而“寄包裹或其他物品”时英国人多用post to,美国人多用mail to。例如:
• 支票于昨日寄给您了。
• The cheque was posted to you yesterday.
• (BrE)
• The check was mailed to you yesterday.
• (AmE)

mail, deliver, dispatch, send, ship

• 这五个词都有“送”的意思。它们之间的区别在于：
• 1.mail指将信件、包裹等物寄出去,强调将某物品寄送出去这一行为。
• 2.deliver指送货。例如:
• The goods will be delivered at noon tomorrow.明天中午交货。
• The farmers guarantee the quantity and quality of the vegetables that are delivered.农民们保证交售蔬菜的质量和数量。
• 3.dispatch可指上级向下级派遣人员〔部队、舰队〕等,强调紧急发出。例如:
• A messenger was dispatched to take the news to the soldiers at the front.一名通讯员被派去给前线士兵送消息。
• The allies agreed to dispatch reinforcements.同盟国同意派遣增援部队。
• 4.send不涉及客体的内容或方法。例如:
• Let's all go to the airport to send him off.我们都到机场给他送行。
• If any letters come after you've left,I'll send them on.如果你离开后,有信来了,我会转寄去的。
• Have you sent round the notice about the Christmas party yet?关于圣诞节晚会的通告,你是否已送出传阅?
• 5.ship是指以水运、陆运、空运等方式运送货物,现常用于商业。例如:
• Some fruit doesn't ship well.有些水果不便运送。
• The goods were shipped last week.货物已于上周装船运走。

mail，post

• 这两个词作名词均可表示“邮件”，作动词均可表示“邮寄”。
• mail主要用于美国。
• post主要用于英国。

词源解说

• ☆ 1300年左右进入英语，直接源自古法语的maille，意为袋。

近反义词

【近义词】

• correspondence
• delivery
• letters
• parcels
• post
• deliver
• dispatch
• post
• send
• ship