| 单词 | delivery |
| 释义 | delivery /di liv"euh ree/, n. , pl. deliveries. 1. the carrying and turning over of letters, goods, etc., to a designated recipient or recipients. 2. a giving up or handing over; surrender. 3. the utterance or enunciation of words. 4. vocal and bodily behavior during the presentation of a speech: a speaker's fine delivery. 5. the act or manner of giving or sending forth: the pitcher's fine delivery of the ball. 6. the state of being delivered of or giving birth to a child; parturition. 7. something delivered: The delivery is late today. 8. Com. a shipment of goods from the seller to the buyer. 9. Law. a formal act performed to make a transfer of property legally effective: a delivery of deed. 10. Print. Also called delivery end. the part of a printing press where the paper emerges in printed form. 11. Archaic. release or rescue; liberation; deliverance. [1400-50; late ME delyvere, delyvery < AF delivrée, n. use of fem. ptp. of delivrer to DELIVER, with suffix assimilated to -ERY] |
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