| 释义 |
post-oˈfficial, a. and n.
[f. post office, post-office + -ial, with play upon official a. and n.]
A. adj. Of or pertaining to a post office or its staff.
B. n. A post-office employee.
1938Dylan Thomas Let. 31 Dec. (1966) 219, I don't know why your letter returned ‘unknown’, unless it was a post-official hint at the subsidence of my..reputation. a1939E. G. Murphy in Penguin Bk. Austral. Ballads (1964) 209 For the Smiths rolled up..To drive the post-officials mad. |