| 词汇 | postbox |
| 释义 | postbox noun[ C ] UKuk /ˈpəʊst.bɒks/ us /ˈpoʊst.bɑːks/(USmailbox) a metal container in the street or other public place in which you can put letters for them to be collected and sent to someone else邮筒，邮箱 Grahamphoto23/iStock/Getty Images Plus/GettyImages Communications - the postal system addy BFPO care ofidiom catch the post collection box consignee delivery direct mail dispatch first class Freepost mail slot pigeonhole postage poste restante postmark self-addressed stamp window zip code postbox | Business Englishpostbox noun[ C ] COMMUNICATIONS UKuk /ˈpəʊstbɒks/us(USmailbox) a metal container in the street or other public place in which you can put letters to be mailed → mailbox Examples of postboxpostbox If the card was one of teddy's favorites, the child was to post it into a postbox. Every week we make our requests; they go into the postbox, and then disappear. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They put their name and address on the card, and put it in the postbox. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They simply acted as the postbox every time. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 If they are going to be nothing but a postbox it can do nobody any good and can only lead to delay. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 My children wished to post letters in the special postbox there, but we could find no stamps. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The postbox function is not confined to next steps agencies. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In fact, my local authority is rather like a postbox at the moment. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In one case, the front of a postbox was blown off by a firework that had been placed inside it. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 At one stage he referred to it as a postbox. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I have difficulty in equating a postbox with a commission. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I would not wish to be a postbox in that matter. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The postbox is at the gate. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We are like postboxes in this affair. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is the easiest thing in the world to push a letter through a postbox and then tip off the police that somebody is a member of a proscribed organisation. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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