cour·i·er
noun/ˈkʊriə(r)/
/ˈkʊriər/
- a person or company whose job is to take packages or important papers somewhere
（递送包裹或重要文件的）信使，通讯员，专递公司 - We sent the documents by courier.
我们派了信使送交这些文件。 - I’ll send a courier with the blueprints.
我会派人把设计图送达。 - Urgent deliveries of medicine may be sent by motorcycle courier.
需紧急递送的药物可以通过摩托车投递员送。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- drug
- motorbike
- motorcycle
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- act as
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- We sent the documents by courier.
- (British English) a person who is employed by a travel company to give advice and help to a group of tourists on holiday
（旅游公司的）导游
Word Originlate Middle English (denoting a person sent to run with a message): originally from Old French coreor; later from French courier (now courrier), from Italian corriere; based on Latin currere ‘to run’.