| 单词 | letter drop |
| 释义 | > as lemmasletter drop letter drop n. U.S. (a) a letterbox (now rare); (b) a place used for passing on letters, information, etc., in secret (cf. drop n. 17d); (also) the act or practice of doing this. ΘΚΠ society > communication > correspondence > postal services > [noun] > place where letters, etc., may be collected > in post office poste restante1782 letter drop1922 the mind > attention and judgement > enquiry > investigation, inspection > secret observation, spying > [noun] > information exchange > use of letter drop1971 1875 Boston Daily Advertiser 25 Mar. These parcels..must be received by a clerk, as they will not go through a letter-drop. 1899 F. Norris McTeague xiii. 257 He heard the postman's step in the hall and saw the envelopes begin to shuttle themselves through the slit of his letter-drop. 1922 Admin. Dec. 727/2 Often, an office boy will go to the post-office and stand at the letter drop with 500 letters. 1971 ‘A. Hall’ Warsaw Document iii. 32 He delivers the goods by letter-drop and he's caught doing it because he's meant to be. 1975 Forbes 1 July 70/1 We've got a letter drop in Nassau, but who doesn't? 2006 M. Felt & J. O'Connor G-man's Life iii. 18 He had sent secret messages to his German superiors in 1940 and 1941 via a letter drop in Milan. < as lemmas |
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