1 N-SING [oft by NOUN] 邮政;邮政系统 The mail is the public service or system by which letters and parcels are collected and delivered. 邮政;邮政系统
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Your check is in the mail.
您的支票正在邮递中。
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People had to renew their motor vehicle registrations through the mail.
人们必须以书信方式重新登记机动车辆。
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The firm has offices in several large cities, but does most of its business by mail.
公司在几座大城市都设有办事处，不过大部分业务都通过邮政系统来实现。
SYN postal service, post, postal system
2 N-UNCOUNT [oft the NOUN] 邮件;信件;邮包 You can refer to letters and parcels that are delivered to you as mail . 邮件;信件;邮包
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There was no mail except the usual junk addressed to the occupier.
除了寄给业主的常见垃圾信件之外，再没有其他邮件了。
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Nora looked through the mail.
诺拉大致看了一下那封信。
SYN letters, post, packages, parcels
3 VERB 寄出;邮寄 If you mail a letter or parcel to someone, you send it to them by putting it in a post box or taking it to a post office. 寄出;邮寄 [mainly US] [Also VERB n]
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Last year, he mailed the documents to French journalists. [VERB noun + to]
他去年把这些文件寄给了法国记者。
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He mailed me the contract. [VERB noun noun]
他把合同邮寄给了我。
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The Government has already mailed some 18 million households with details of the public offer. [VERB noun + with]
政府已经向大约1,800万个家庭寄发了公开出售的详细说明。
SYN post, send, forward, dispatch
in BRIT, usually use 英国英语通常用 post
4 VERB 发送(电子邮件) To mail a message to someone means to send it to them by means of e-mail or a computer network. 发送(电子邮件) [Also VERB n]
5 See also: mailing chain mail e-mail electronic mail hate mail junk mail surface mail
| Word Partnership | Use mail with: |
| PREP. | by mail, in the mail, through the mail 1 |
| N. | mail carrier, fan mail 2 |
| VERB. | deliver mail, get mail, open mail, read mail, receive mail, send mail 2 |
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