| 单词 | mail drop |
| 释义 | > as lemmasmail drop mail drop n. (a) U.S. [ < mail n.2 + drop n. 17d] , a place where mail may be left to be collected by another person; (b) the coordinated delivery of mail to a large number of addresses, esp. of advertising or promotional material to potential supporters, customers, etc.; a mailing. ΘΚΠ society > communication > correspondence > postal services > [noun] > place where letters, etc., may be collected mail drop1968 1968 N. Johnson Let. 29 June (1981) 221 You usually wrote me..in care of a cigar store mail drop in Burbank. 1976 A. Boot & M. Thomas Jamaica 79/2 There are transient maildrops for international Ethiopian efforts like the Mystic Masons. 1987 Church Times 24 July 1/2 Bad taste? According to Campaign reporter Mark Jones, Peter Kirvan's local church wants to use the Waite poster for a mail-drop in the area. 1993 D. Coyle Hardball iv. iv. 180 Big J.J...threatened to put his glove in a maildrop. ‘You can't do that’, a righteous Bill had yelled... ‘That's a federal offense!’ < as lemmas |
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