| 单词 | post office |
| 释义 | post office (once / 1142 pages) n WORD FAMILY post office: post offices USAGE EXAMPLESOn May 13, 1895, workers discovered a man’s body at the base of one of the post office’s turrets. Washington Post(Dec 31, 2016) On the afternoon of Dec. 31, as per usual, Mr. Droz plans to walk into his local post office. Wall Street Journal(Dec 30, 2016) The murals in the post office in Clarendon were the same sort of thing. Washington Post(Dec 28, 2016) 1n a local branch where postal services are available" Syn|Hyper local post office arm, branch, subdivision a division of some larger or more complex organization 2n a children's game in which kisses are exchanged for pretended letters Hyper child's game a game enjoyed by children Post Office (once / 1250 pages) n WORD FAMILY Post Office USAGE EXAMPLESJames would prove the last worker to die during the Post Office’s construction, but the building was not done extracting its blood toll. Washington Post(Dec 31, 2016) Ivanka Trump initiated the leasing of the old Old Post Office building in Washington, envisioning it as a new Trump hotel. New York Times(Dec 25, 2016) Thousands of Post Office workers are protesting against pension changes, job security and closures. BBC(Dec 19, 2016) n an independent agency of the federal government responsible for mail delivery (and sometimes telecommunications) between individuals and businesses in the United States Syn|Hyper PO, US Post Office, United States Post Office independent agency an agency of the United States government that is created by an act of Congress and is independent of the executive departments |
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