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单词 postman
释义

Definition of postman in English:

postman

nounPlural postmen ˈpəʊs(t)mənˈpoʊs(t)mən
British
  • A person who is employed to deliver or collect letters and parcels.

    〈英〉邮递员

    Example sentencesExamples
    • She also loved to receive letters and looked forward to the arrival of the postman or postwoman on a daily basis.
    • I can understand why some postmen get overwhelmed and bury the sacks in their yard.
    • But now one south Essex postman has found himself confronted by a new problem.
    • That little red box at the end of the wall is the post box where the village postman collects (twice each day) all our outgoing mail.
    • The pouches are regularly used to store bags of mail until a postman collects them for delivery to nearby homes.
    • In the space of a few weeks in March, a number of incidents occurred including youths attacking a postman as he collected mail from the post box in the centre.
    • The simple looking khaki-clad postman has not lost his role even in this age of information technology.
    • A Black Country postman is taking legal action over claims he pulled a muscle carrying too many letters.
    • The question remains as to why the Royal Mail needs to use agency staff rather than employing full-time postmen.
    • One thing that he definitely won't miss is getting acquainted with every postman's worst nightmare, the angry dog.
    • He was then promoted to postman and used to make his daily rounds on a bicycle.
    • The 53-year-old postman was pushed off his bike and left lying in the gutter, shaken and bruised.
    • A North Yorkshire postman has narrowly escaped jail for opening birthday packets before delivering them.
    • Why does the postman deliver my junk mail to my neighbours house but always delivers the bills correctly?
    • Well, our smiling postman recently delivered a letter to me that had my maiden name on it.
    • My dad's a postman and he delivers letters from all over the world.
    • Arnold, a part-time farmer and postman has even grown a beard to make his role more realistic.
    • According to one postman, who didn't want to be named, there were piles of parcels, presents and flowers stacked up in the offices.
    • What happens if someone writes the wrong address on an envelope, or the postman delivers the letter to the wrong door?
    • His friend and fellow postman came close to losing his life but is now back at work.
    • He initially worked in the sawmills at Old Farmyard, before taking up the position of local postman.
    • Normally, customs will calculate the charges due at the point of entry in Ireland, and then it is left up to the postman or courier to collect the money.
    • The early morning postman was our very welcome friend and part of the English constitution.
    • He was employed as a delivery postman by the Post Office the respondents.
    • The initiative is being introduced across the country and will result in 37,000 postmen who deliver their rounds on bike wearing the safety equipment.
    • It is understood the threats were directed at two managers and one postman based at a sorting office in the city.
    • Irrespective of the changed communications world, a big community of postmen still delivers mails all over the city, door to door, sometimes on foot.
    • At the moment Campbell, a 30-year-old postman from Glasgow, isn't sure that he can, or will.
    • At one time he was the ship's postman, at another the barber.
    • The problem arose after the postman delivering the postal votes demanded payment for them.
    • Tom has carried out his duties as postman in the area for the past 25 years with great efficiency and no shortage of wit.
    • The Kilkelly native and former postman is a familiar face in the area and the large turnout emphasised his popularity.
    • Waited for postman this morning before setting off to work.
    • We never had this problem whenever the postman delivered our letters.
    • The volume of mail that used to be delivered by three postmen is now on average being carried out by two.
    • But some of the parcels will be too contaminated for the postmen and women to deliver.
    • No one is allowed into her home and the only person she ever sees is the postman delivering her letters.
    • Mail for residents at the complex is normally left in the reception by a delivery driver for a postman to collect and deliver.
    • We have a most jolly fellow for a postman and here of late I've been confounding and delighting him.
    • The postman will shortly be delivering a stack of tax credit forms to the population of Britain.
    Synonyms
    postal worker
    North American mailman, letter carrier, mail carrier
    British informal postie

Rhymes

postmen

Definition of postman in US English:

postman

nounˈpōs(t)mənˈpoʊs(t)mən
British
  • A person who is employed to deliver or collect letters and parcels; a mail carrier.

    〈英〉邮递员

    Example sentencesExamples
    • He initially worked in the sawmills at Old Farmyard, before taking up the position of local postman.
    • The 53-year-old postman was pushed off his bike and left lying in the gutter, shaken and bruised.
    • Tom has carried out his duties as postman in the area for the past 25 years with great efficiency and no shortage of wit.
    • Waited for postman this morning before setting off to work.
    • According to one postman, who didn't want to be named, there were piles of parcels, presents and flowers stacked up in the offices.
    • Well, our smiling postman recently delivered a letter to me that had my maiden name on it.
    • Why does the postman deliver my junk mail to my neighbours house but always delivers the bills correctly?
    • The simple looking khaki-clad postman has not lost his role even in this age of information technology.
    • I can understand why some postmen get overwhelmed and bury the sacks in their yard.
    • Mail for residents at the complex is normally left in the reception by a delivery driver for a postman to collect and deliver.
    • The pouches are regularly used to store bags of mail until a postman collects them for delivery to nearby homes.
    • The initiative is being introduced across the country and will result in 37,000 postmen who deliver their rounds on bike wearing the safety equipment.
    • What happens if someone writes the wrong address on an envelope, or the postman delivers the letter to the wrong door?
    • In the space of a few weeks in March, a number of incidents occurred including youths attacking a postman as he collected mail from the post box in the centre.
    • It is understood the threats were directed at two managers and one postman based at a sorting office in the city.
    • He was then promoted to postman and used to make his daily rounds on a bicycle.
    • The problem arose after the postman delivering the postal votes demanded payment for them.
    • No one is allowed into her home and the only person she ever sees is the postman delivering her letters.
    • That little red box at the end of the wall is the post box where the village postman collects (twice each day) all our outgoing mail.
    • The early morning postman was our very welcome friend and part of the English constitution.
    • Arnold, a part-time farmer and postman has even grown a beard to make his role more realistic.
    • A North Yorkshire postman has narrowly escaped jail for opening birthday packets before delivering them.
    • He was employed as a delivery postman by the Post Office the respondents.
    • But now one south Essex postman has found himself confronted by a new problem.
    • We never had this problem whenever the postman delivered our letters.
    • My dad's a postman and he delivers letters from all over the world.
    • Normally, customs will calculate the charges due at the point of entry in Ireland, and then it is left up to the postman or courier to collect the money.
    • The volume of mail that used to be delivered by three postmen is now on average being carried out by two.
    • The question remains as to why the Royal Mail needs to use agency staff rather than employing full-time postmen.
    • One thing that he definitely won't miss is getting acquainted with every postman's worst nightmare, the angry dog.
    • The Kilkelly native and former postman is a familiar face in the area and the large turnout emphasised his popularity.
    • A Black Country postman is taking legal action over claims he pulled a muscle carrying too many letters.
    • But some of the parcels will be too contaminated for the postmen and women to deliver.
    • At the moment Campbell, a 30-year-old postman from Glasgow, isn't sure that he can, or will.
    • His friend and fellow postman came close to losing his life but is now back at work.
    • We have a most jolly fellow for a postman and here of late I've been confounding and delighting him.
    • At one time he was the ship's postman, at another the barber.
    • She also loved to receive letters and looked forward to the arrival of the postman or postwoman on a daily basis.
    • Irrespective of the changed communications world, a big community of postmen still delivers mails all over the city, door to door, sometimes on foot.
    • The postman will shortly be delivering a stack of tax credit forms to the population of Britain.
    Synonyms
    postal worker
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