英语词汇“mail of letters”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

a. A bag or packet of letters or dispatches for conveyance by post (more fully †mail of letters). In later use chiefly: the postal matter (or a quantity of letters, packages, etc.) conveyed in this manner; all that is conveyed by post on one occasion. With definite article or without article. Also (chiefly in North American usage) in plural, and (chiefly South Asian) with indefinite article.

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1654 Ord. Office Postage Lett. §8 To have in readiness one good Horse or Mare to receive and carry the Male of Letters... That no other person (besides the Post that carrieth the Male) be suffered to ride Post with the Male.

1684 London Gaz. No. 1900/2 Our Pacquet-Boats put to Sea yesterday with the Mails for Calais.

1692 N. Luttrell Diary in Brief Hist. Relation State Affairs (1857) II. 489 Yesterday a Flanders mail of an old date, confirms the several repulses of the enemy.

1711 Boston News-let. 7 May 2/2 The Mayle of Letters from Boston on Saturday next per the Post.

1746 T. Smollett Reproof 160 With all the horrors of prophetic dread That rack his bosom while the mail is read.

1767 G. Colman Eng. Merchant i. i. 8 I collect the articles of news from the other papers..translate the mails, write occasional letters [etc.].

1776 C. Carroll Jrnl. (1845) 53 Dr. Franklin found in the Canada mail, which he opened, a letter for General Schuyler.

1782 W. Cowper Expostulation in Poems 606 Now think,..If the new mail thy merchants now receive, Or expectation of the next, give leave.

1792 Stat. U.S. (1856) I. i. vii. §17. 237 That if any person..shall rob any carrier of the mail..of such mail, or if any person shall rob the mail, in which letters are sent to be conveyed by post..or shall steal such mail.

1794 Stat. U.S. (1856) I. i. xxiii. §26. 365 And the letters so received shall be formed into a mail, sealed up, and directed to the postmaster of the port.

1838 Act 1 & 2 Victoria c. 98 §5 The Mails or Post Letter Bags so to be carried..by Railways.

1852 N. Hawthorne Jrnl. 8 Sept. in Amer. Notebks. (1972) viii. 524 John's boat, (the regular passenger-boat) is now coming in, and probably brings the mail.

1873 W. Black Princess of Thule vii. 119 Everything will be as right as the mail.

1873 J. H. Beadle Undeveloped West xxii. 441 I think this office gives us three times as much mail as that at Salt Lake.

1883 Whitaker's Almanack 384 [Postal Guide.] India.—Mails made up every Friday evening at the rate of 5d. per ½ oz.

1893 Daily News 22 Sept. 6/5 Little incidents of camp life in the East, as the arrival and distribution of a mail of letters.

1913 U.S. Official Postal Guide July 12 The postage on fourth-class mail may be prepaid by..ordinary postage stamps.

1941 Men Only Sept. 12 Forwarding mail is another job that usually falls to the Mess Secretary.

1966 ‘J. Hackston’ Father clears Out 45 When Mother asked him if he were really going to post the letter.., he swore that this one was going to the mail.

1966 ‘J. Hackston’ Father clears Out 46 The mail closes tomorrow.

单词	mail of letters
释义	> as lemmas mail of letters a. A bag or packet of letters or dispatches for conveyance by post (more fully †mail of letters). In later use chiefly: the postal matter (or a quantity of letters, packages, etc.) conveyed in this manner; all that is conveyed by post on one occasion. With definite article or without article. Also (chiefly in North American usage) in plural, and (chiefly South Asian) with indefinite article. ΘΚΠ society > communication > correspondence > letter > mail > [noun] post1646 mail of letters1654 postal matter1869 mailshot1963 mailout1977 society > communication > correspondence > letter > mail > [noun] > packet or bag of packet?a1450 mail1654 1654 Ord. Office Postage Lett. §8 To have in readiness one good Horse or Mare to receive and carry the Male of Letters... That no other person (besides the Post that carrieth the Male) be suffered to ride Post with the Male. 1684 London Gaz. No. 1900/2 Our Pacquet-Boats put to Sea yesterday with the Mails for Calais. 1692 N. Luttrell Diary in Brief Hist. Relation State Affairs (1857) II. 489 Yesterday a Flanders mail of an old date, confirms the several repulses of the enemy. 1711 Boston News-let. 7 May 2/2 The Mayle of Letters from Boston on Saturday next per the Post. 1746 T. Smollett Reproof 160 With all the horrors of prophetic dread That rack his bosom while the mail is read. 1767 G. Colman Eng. Merchant i. i. 8 I collect the articles of news from the other papers..translate the mails, write occasional letters [etc.]. 1776 C. Carroll Jrnl. (1845) 53 Dr. Franklin found in the Canada mail, which he opened, a letter for General Schuyler. 1782 W. Cowper Expostulation in Poems 606 Now think,..If the new mail thy merchants now receive, Or expectation of the next, give leave. 1792 Stat. U.S. (1856) I. i. vii. §17. 237 That if any person..shall rob any carrier of the mail..of such mail, or if any person shall rob the mail, in which letters are sent to be conveyed by post..or shall steal such mail. 1794 Stat. U.S. (1856) I. i. xxiii. §26. 365 And the letters so received shall be formed into a mail, sealed up, and directed to the postmaster of the port. 1838 Act 1 & 2 Victoria c. 98 §5 The Mails or Post Letter Bags so to be carried..by Railways. 1852 N. Hawthorne Jrnl. 8 Sept. in Amer. Notebks. (1972) viii. 524 John's boat, (the regular passenger-boat) is now coming in, and probably brings the mail. 1873 W. Black Princess of Thule vii. 119 Everything will be as right as the mail. 1873 J. H. Beadle Undeveloped West xxii. 441 I think this office gives us three times as much mail as that at Salt Lake. 1883 Whitaker's Almanack 384 [Postal Guide.] India.—Mails made up every Friday evening at the rate of 5d. per ½ oz. 1893 Daily News 22 Sept. 6/5 Little incidents of camp life in the East, as the arrival and distribution of a mail of letters. 1913 U.S. Official Postal Guide July 12 The postage on fourth-class mail may be prepaid by..ordinary postage stamps. 1941 Men Only Sept. 12 Forwarding mail is another job that usually falls to the Mess Secretary. 1966 ‘J. Hackston’ Father clears Out 45 When Mother asked him if he were really going to post the letter.., he swore that this one was going to the mail. 1966 ‘J. Hackston’ Father clears Out 46 The mail closes tomorrow. extracted from mailn.² < as lemmas
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