| 单词 | gpo |
| 释义 | > as lemmasGPO GPO n. now historical = General Post Office n. 1, 2. ΘΚΠ society > communication > correspondence > postal services > [noun] > post office > head post office > in London General Post Office1657 General Letter Office1660 GPO1764 1764 Post Office Acct. 9 July in B. Franklin Papers (1967) XI. 249 G.P.O. Dr. to B.F. His Allowance for travelling Expences thro' all the Colonies from Virginia to New Hampshire to visit and regulate the Offices establish new ones, &c. 1766 W. Franklin Let. 30 Apr. in B. Franklin Papers (1969) XIII. 258 I would not have you stop the Chronicles coming from the G.P.O. unless you can contrive some other cheaper Way for me to get them. 1899 Tit-bits 21 Oct. 85/3 The ‘Dead Letter’ department of the G.P.O. 2004 Independent 29 July (Review section) 19/3 As the first phone the GPO mass-produced for home use, the 700 series now had huge nostalgic appeal. GPO GPO n. U.S. Government Printing (Publishing, in later use) Office, a government agency responsible for printing and publishing documents produced by the federal government. ΚΠ 1893 Contrib. Catal. Lenox Libr. No. 7. 18/1 Monographs of the North American Rodentia. Washington, G. P. O. 1877. 1988 Superior Printer Mar. 178/2 There is talk of making the Government printing office, at Washington, a non-union establishment... Their employers have found it impossible to reward them with a soft sit in the G.P.O. 2012 G. M. Moeller AIA Guide Archit. Washington (ed. 5) 32/2 It was not until 1903 that the GPO finally got a large, new facility, which is now the ‘old’ building at the corner of North Capitol and G streets. < as lemmas |
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