| 词汇 | air-letter |
| 释义 | air letter noun[ C ] uk /ˈeə ˌlet.ər/ us /ˈer ˌlet̬.ɚ/(alsoaerogramme) a letter that is sent by aircraft, usually consisting of a single very thin sheet of paper that is folded and then stuck at the edges to form its own envelope（可折叠成信封的）航空邮笺 Letters, notes and cards aerogramme billet-doux chain letter Christmas card compliments slip correspondence greetings card handbill hate mail invitation invite junk mail love letter poison-pen letter postcard PPS PS round robin RSVP wire Examples of air letterair letter Pre-printed aerogrammes forms (or airletter as they were inscribed), with a 4 piastre stamp affixed, were first made available in 1944. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Air letters are popular and the annual user is some 40 million a year. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In the homeward direction, an airletter service has been provided and an airgraph service will also shortly be available. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Civil airletter cards and surcharged air-mail go all the way by air by this route. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Does an airgraph take longer than an airletter? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I should like an assurance on the future of the bluey—the airletter that service personnel are permitted to send to their families free of charge. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 From 1933 to 1948, mandate services included airmail stamps and, as an innovation, "airletter cards". From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Thereafter, the term "airletter" quickly faded from use. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. There has been no change in the conveyance rate paid to airlines for the conveyance of air letters or of any other type of airmail. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Owing to the need for processing airgraphs, they take about four days longer on the average than air letters to reach their destination. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Normally the opportunities for the despatch of airgraphs are more frequent than in the case of air letters. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The rates of postage on air letters are so fixed as to cover as nearly as possible the cost of transport and of handling and similar operations in this country. 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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