attrib.
1- of or relating to the post(与)邮政(有关)的; (与)邮局(有关)的; (与)邮件(有关)的:
the London postal area
伦敦邮政区
postal services.
邮政服务。
1.1
- chiefly Brit. done by post〈主英〉邮寄的, 邮递的:
a postal ballot
邮寄选票
a postal survey.
邮寄调查。
- US informal a postcard〈美, 非正式〉明信片。
短语
go postal
- US informal go mad, especially from stress〈美, 非正式〉(尤指因压力)发疯。
- ORIGIN: with reference to cases in which postal employees ran amok and shot colleagues.
派生词
postally
adverb词源
mid 19th cent.: from French, from poste 'postal service'.