a strong thick upright pole or bar made of wood, metal, etc., fixed into the ground or some other base, especially as a support
the finishing place in a race, especially a horse race
the official system for carrying letters, parcels, etc., from the sender to the receiver
(a single official collection or delivery of) letters, parcels, etc., sent by this means
an official place, box, etc., where stamped letters are left for sending
a job
a special place of duty, especially on guard or on watch
make public or show by fixing to a wall, board, post, etc.
proclaim; inform publicly
take to a post office or put into a collection box for sending
put at a post
… appoint sb to a job or a responsibility
"a soldier manned the entrance post"
"a sentry station"
"this military post provides an important source of income for the town nearby"
"there is an officer's club on the post"
"he occupied a post in the treasury"
"he set a row of posts in the ground and strung barbwire between them"
"your mail is on the table"
"is there any post for me?"
"she was opening her post"
"a pair of posts marked the goal"
"the corner of the lot was indicated by a stake"
"the mail handles billions of items every day"
"he works for the United States mail service"
"in England they call mail `the post'"
"it came by the first post"
"if you hurry you'll catch the post"
"post a warning"
"I'll post the news on the bulletin board"
"The newspaper posted him in Timbuktu"
"stake out the path"
"post a sign"
"post a warning at the dump"
"send me your latest results"
"I'll mail you the paper when it's written"
"She was branded a loose woman"
They..know no more than the post.
出自: F. Burney
Now my dayes are swifter then a Poste.
出自:Bible (AV): Job
When the post knocks and the letter comes.
出自: V. Woolf
He would not make political appointments to the top posts in the Foreign Service.
出自: A. Bullock
MacDonald applied for the post of librarian.
出自: W. Raeper
Handbills offering a reward were..posted everywhere.
出自: M. Forster
He wastes away Old age untimely posting ere his day.
出自: fig.
Guardsmen were posted at Kennington Common.
出自: P. Rose
He posted himself in front of gate twenty-four.
出自: P. Auster
我们在军营的大门口布置哨兵。
Post two soldiers at each gate.
每个门都设两个士兵站岗。
The captain posted guards at the door.
上尉在门口设了岗哨。
任军职不稳定的因素之一是你永远不知道什么时候会突然被派往它处。
这辆马车只要两天就能从伦敦赶到巴斯。 post sth from sth
I see from the postmark that this card was posted 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。
请把这张重要的通知贴在告示牌上,以便全体学生都能看到。 post sb on sth
Post me on the developments in our plan while I'm away, will you?
我不在时,请不断把我们的计划进展情况通知我,好吗?
他把布告张贴于墙上。
I shall post the letter to him tomorrow.(英国英语)
I shall mail the letter to him tomorrow.(美国英语)
We will post/mail you the booklet early next week.
He has a large amount of mail to answer every day.
句中的mail不可改成post。
The mails arrived by rail.
The letter came by (the) post.
误 I have posted the parcel for two days.
正 I posted the parcel two days ago.
正 It is two days since I posted the parcel.
析 post是瞬间动词,不可与表示一段时间的状语连用。
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