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

noun | verb

mailmail1 /meɪl/ ●●● S1 W2 noun [uncountable]

ETYMOLOGYmail¹

Origin: (1-3) 1200-1300 Old French male bag

COLLOCATIONS► forwarding ... mail

My parents are forwarding my mail to my new address.

► fan mail

She gets bags of fan mail (=mail from people who are fans of hers) every day.

► hate mail

The judge received hate mail (=mail filled with messages of hate) and death threats.

► in the mail

I’ll put the check in the mail today.

► by mail

Did you send the document by mail?

► through the mail

a birthday present sent through the mail

► express/first-class/second-class etc. mail

(=used to show the speed of mail service, from fastest to slowest)

1the letters, packages, etc. that are delivered to a particular person or at a particular time: Is that all the mail that came today? Sarah brought your mail over. My parents are forwarding my mail to my new address. She gets bags of fan mail (=mail from people who are fans of hers) every day. The judge received hate mail (=mail filled with messages of hate) and death threats. → see also junk mail2the system of collecting and delivering letters, packages, etc.: The mail here is really slow. I’ll put the check in the mail today. Did you send the document by mail? a birthday present sent through the mailexpress/first-class/second-class etc. mail (=used to show the speed of mail service, from fastest to slowest) → see also electronic mail, snail mail3computers messages sent by email SYN email: I just want to check my mail. incoming mail4armor made of metal, worn in the Middle Ages [Origin: (1-3) 1200–1300 Old French male bag]

noun | verb

mailmail2 ●●● S2 W3 verb [transitive]

VERB TABLE

mail

Simple Form
Present	I, you, we, they	mail
	he, she, it	mails
Past	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	mailed
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have mailed
	he, she, it	has mailed
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had mailed
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will mail
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have mailed

Continuous Form
Present	I	am mailing
	he, she, it	is mailing
	you, we, they	are mailing
Past	I, he, she, it	was mailing
	you, we, they	were mailing
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have been mailing
	he, she, it	has been mailing
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had been mailing
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will be mailing
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have been mailing

1to send a letter, package, etc. to someone: mail somebody something They’re going to mail me the contract.mail something to somebody We’ll just mail the flyers to all the people on the list.2computers to send a message, document, etc. to someone by email SYN emailmail something ↔ out phrasal verb to send letters, packages, etc. to a lot of people at the same time SYN send out: The department has just mailed out 300,000 notices.