mailbox

英 ['meɪlbɒks]美 ['mel'bɑks]
  • n. 邮箱；邮筒
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英文词源

mailbox (n.)
also mail-box, 1797, "box for mailbags on a coach," from mail (n.1) + box (n.1). Meaning "letterbox" is from 1853, American English.

双语例句

1. An old mailbox has been padlocked shut.
一个旧信箱被挂锁锁着。
来自柯林斯例句
2. He stopped at the mailbox and dropped the letter in.
他在邮筒前停了下来,把信投了进去.
来自《简明英汉词典》
3. He stuck down the envelope and dropped it into the mailbox.
他把信封粘好后便投进邮筒.
来自《简明英汉词典》
4. He then dropped both the fire and the ice into the mailbox.
他把冰和火一起投进了邮筒.
来自汉英文学 - 散文英译
5. He had seen the mailbox.
他见过那邮箱.
来自英汉文学 - 廊桥遗梦