mass noun
1- messages distributed by electronic means from one computer user to one or more recipients via a network电子邮件：
reading e-mail has become the first task of the morning
阅读电子邮件已成为早上要做的第一件事
count noun we received thousands of e-mails我们收到了成千上万封电子邮件
as modifier e-mail messages.电子邮件。
1.1
- the system of sending messages by such electronic means电子邮件系统：
a contract communicated by e-mail.
一份通过电子邮件系统发送的合同。
派生词
e-mailer
noun词源
1980s: abbreviation of ELECTRONIC MAIL.