mailboxn.

Brit.

/ˈmeɪlbɒks/, U.S.

/ˈmeɪlˌbɑks/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: mail n.², box n.²

Etymology: < mail n.² + box n.²

†1.

a. A box in which the mailbags were placed on a mail coach or steamer. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > correspondence > postal services > equipment for sending or delivering mail > [noun] > mail-bag > box to contain mail-bags

mailbox1810

1810 in J. W. Hyde Royal Mail (1885) iii. 34 The bags of letters..were stolen from the mail-box..whilst the horses were changing.

1854 Southern Literary Messenger Jan. 40 Finally, when the last mail box was safely deposited on our deck; the paddles were again put in motion and the bright green waters became whitened foam around us.

1872 Ann. Rep. Commissioner Patents 1870 II. 751/1 in U.S. Congress. Serial Set (41st Congr., 3rd Sess.: House of Representatives Executive Doc. 89) IX In a mail-box, the arrangement herein shown and described..for the purpose of guiding and holding the mail matter.

b. An escritoire or writing box. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > writing > writing materials > other writing equipment > [noun] > writing cabinet

writing cabinet1803

mailbox1819

1819 W. Scott Bride of Lammermoor in Tales of my Landlord 3rd Ser. II. iii. 60 Here Lockhard entered, and put the leathern scrutoire, or mail-box, into his hands.

2. North American.

a. A postbox, in which letters are placed for collection.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > correspondence > postal services > equipment for sending or delivering mail > [noun] > post- or letter-box > delivery letter-box

letterbox1801

lockbox1854

mailbox1871

postbox1954

1871 Ladies' Repository Feb. 134 Now why should it be any more unbecoming womanhood..to drop a vote into the ballot-box than a letter into the mail-box?

1890 Overland Monthly May 509 ‘There,’ said Martin, after sealing the letter and throwing it into the mail box, ‘put that in your pipe and smoke it, you old conostrophy.’

1916 T. Q. Dumont Power of Concentration xv. 141 When the letter was given to him had he said to himself,..‘The box is at the next corner and when I pass it I must drop this letter,’ it would have enabled him to recall the letter the instant he reached the mail box.

1956 J. Barth Floating Opera xxi. 200 I..put a three-cent stamp in place, and..dropped the envelope into a mailbox on my way to lunch.

2000 Esquire Jan. 75/1 Cary wrote the FBI a letter... He sealed it in an envelope..and dropped it in a mailbox.

b. A letter box, esp. one mounted on a post at the entrance to a person's property.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > correspondence > postal services > equipment for sending or delivering mail > [noun] > post- or letter-box

letterbox1727

post1785

box1825

mailbox1885

posting box1886

postbox1954

1885 Overland Monthly June 627 By the roadside just at the curve their mail-box was nailed to an oak.

1922 M. B. Houston Witch Man xix. 260 She stopped now at the foot of Little Glory to look in the mail-box. Always she brought him his mail now.

1973 ‘H. Howard’ Highway to Murder x. 128 One of the mail boxes said Miss Thorpe's flatlet was on the third floor.

1991 N. de Lange tr. A. Oz To know Woman (1992) vii. 29 At the entrances to the gardens were stylish, occasionally even ostentatious, mail boxes.

a. Computing. An area of memory which is shared between a main processor and a peripheral, and is used for the transfer of data between the two.

ΚΠ

1965 Proc. AFIPS Conf. 27 i. 189/1 All communication is done by means of ‘mailboxes’ in the memory modules and by corresponding interrupts.

1989 Intel Peripherals 1990 i. 345/2 The mailbox registers are used to pass messages to and from the local processor and the EISA bus.

b. Computing and Telecommunications. A storage area within a computer, telephone, or multimedia mail system in which electronic mail for a particular user is received and held for later access; esp. such a storage area in an electronic text-based mail system or a voice mailbox. Also (in extended use): an electronic mail facility; individual access to an electronic mail system.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > telecommunication > transmission of computerized information > [noun] > electronic mail > facility for receiving or storing

electronic mailbox1960

mailbox1971

1971 R. Watson Request for Comments (Network Working Group) (Electronic text) No. 196. 2 A Mail Box Protocol... The address string is to contain the sender's name and address, [etc.].

1978 Proc. IEEE 66 1331/2 A typical electronic mail system now provides..an alerting mechanism to tell the user that he has new mail in his mailbox.

1989 Independent 17 Jan. 15/3 Each of them has..been given an electronic ‘mailbox’ which enables them to send and receive ‘letters’.

1999 Austin (Texas) Amer.-Statesman (Nexis) 17 Feb. e 10 A home with teens needs additional lines, voice mail with multiple mailboxes, distinctive ringing so people know whom the call is for, or Call Waiting Caller ID for the same purpose.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	mailbox
释义	mailboxn. Brit. /ˈmeɪlbɒks/, U.S. /ˈmeɪlˌbɑks/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: mail n.², box n.² Etymology: < mail n.² + box n.² †1. a. A box in which the mailbags were placed on a mail coach or steamer. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > communication > correspondence > postal services > equipment for sending or delivering mail > [noun] > mail-bag > box to contain mail-bags mailbox1810 1810 in J. W. Hyde Royal Mail (1885) iii. 34 The bags of letters..were stolen from the mail-box..whilst the horses were changing. 1854 Southern Literary Messenger Jan. 40 Finally, when the last mail box was safely deposited on our deck; the paddles were again put in motion and the bright green waters became whitened foam around us. 1872 Ann. Rep. Commissioner Patents 1870 II. 751/1 in U.S. Congress. Serial Set (41st Congr., 3rd Sess.: House of Representatives Executive Doc. 89) IX In a mail-box, the arrangement herein shown and described..for the purpose of guiding and holding the mail matter. b. An escritoire or writing box. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ society > communication > writing > writing materials > other writing equipment > [noun] > writing cabinet writing cabinet1803 mailbox1819 1819 W. Scott Bride of Lammermoor in Tales of my Landlord 3rd Ser. II. iii. 60 Here Lockhard entered, and put the leathern scrutoire, or mail-box, into his hands. 2. North American. a. A postbox, in which letters are placed for collection. ΘΚΠ society > communication > correspondence > postal services > equipment for sending or delivering mail > [noun] > post- or letter-box > delivery letter-box letterbox1801 lockbox1854 mailbox1871 postbox1954 1871 Ladies' Repository Feb. 134 Now why should it be any more unbecoming womanhood..to drop a vote into the ballot-box than a letter into the mail-box? 1890 Overland Monthly May 509 ‘There,’ said Martin, after sealing the letter and throwing it into the mail box, ‘put that in your pipe and smoke it, you old conostrophy.’ 1916 T. Q. Dumont Power of Concentration xv. 141 When the letter was given to him had he said to himself,..‘The box is at the next corner and when I pass it I must drop this letter,’ it would have enabled him to recall the letter the instant he reached the mail box. 1956 J. Barth Floating Opera xxi. 200 I..put a three-cent stamp in place, and..dropped the envelope into a mailbox on my way to lunch. 2000 Esquire Jan. 75/1 Cary wrote the FBI a letter... He sealed it in an envelope..and dropped it in a mailbox. b. A letter box, esp. one mounted on a post at the entrance to a person's property. ΘΚΠ society > communication > correspondence > postal services > equipment for sending or delivering mail > [noun] > post- or letter-box letterbox1727 post1785 box1825 mailbox1885 posting box1886 postbox1954 1885 Overland Monthly June 627 By the roadside just at the curve their mail-box was nailed to an oak. 1922 M. B. Houston Witch Man xix. 260 She stopped now at the foot of Little Glory to look in the mail-box. Always she brought him his mail now. 1973 ‘H. Howard’ Highway to Murder x. 128 One of the mail boxes said Miss Thorpe's flatlet was on the third floor. 1991 N. de Lange tr. A. Oz To know Woman (1992) vii. 29 At the entrances to the gardens were stylish, occasionally even ostentatious, mail boxes. 3. a. Computing. An area of memory which is shared between a main processor and a peripheral, and is used for the transfer of data between the two. ΚΠ 1965 Proc. AFIPS Conf. 27 i. 189/1 All communication is done by means of ‘mailboxes’ in the memory modules and by corresponding interrupts. 1989 Intel Peripherals 1990 i. 345/2 The mailbox registers are used to pass messages to and from the local processor and the EISA bus. b. Computing and Telecommunications. A storage area within a computer, telephone, or multimedia mail system in which electronic mail for a particular user is received and held for later access; esp. such a storage area in an electronic text-based mail system or a voice mailbox. Also (in extended use): an electronic mail facility; individual access to an electronic mail system. ΘΚΠ society > communication > telecommunication > transmission of computerized information > [noun] > electronic mail > facility for receiving or storing electronic mailbox1960 mailbox1971 1971 R. Watson Request for Comments (Network Working Group) (Electronic text) No. 196. 2 A Mail Box Protocol... The address string is to contain the sender's name and address, [etc.]. 1978 Proc. IEEE 66 1331/2 A typical electronic mail system now provides..an alerting mechanism to tell the user that he has new mail in his mailbox. 1989 Independent 17 Jan. 15/3 Each of them has..been given an electronic ‘mailbox’ which enables them to send and receive ‘letters’. 1999 Austin (Texas) Amer.-Statesman (Nexis) 17 Feb. e 10 A home with teens needs additional lines, voice mail with multiple mailboxes, distinctive ringing so people know whom the call is for, or Call Waiting Caller ID for the same purpose. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1810
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