| 单词 | postbus |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspostbus postbus n. a post-office vehicle which also carries passengers; cf. post-omnibus n. at Compounds 1b. ΘΚΠ society > communication > correspondence > postal services > person or vehicle that carries letters or mail > [noun] > vehicle or vessel > road vehicle post-caroche1627 post-coach1636 post calash1703 post-carriage1720 post-stage1738 mail-cart1767 Royal Mail?1780 mail coach1785 mail stage1792 mail carriage1810 post-equipage1813 post vehicle1815 mail wagon1821 post-cart1826 mail-van1909 mail truck1921 postbus1957 society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > public service vehicle > [noun] > omnibus > motor-driven > other types wagonette omnibus1903 jitney bus1914 lorry-bus1919 mammy wagon1957 postbus1957 mammy lorry1959 jeepney1961 danfo1973 transbus1973 molue1976 bendy bus1978 daladala1983 1957 M. Savill tr. H. Böll Unguarded House xxii. 249 The yellow post bus arrived and Glum got out. 1968 A. Marin Clash of Distant Thunder (1969) x. 80 ‘How did you get to Geneva?’.. ‘By post bus from Bourg,’ I said. 1997 M. Robinson Royal Mail Postbus Service in Brit. Philatelic Bull. Feb. 173 Thirty years ago this month the first of Royal Mail's postbuses began running a regular service in Wales... The term ‘postbus’ didn't come into general use until the service expanded in the early 1970s, and my attention was first drawn to what were originally called ‘postal mini-buses’ by a short news item in..1967: ‘Mail by Welsh mini-bus. Britain's first postal mini-bus begins in Wales on February 20th’. < as lemmas |
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