| 单词 | post |
| 释义 | post 1. n. & v. --n 1. a long stout piece of timber or metal set upright in the ground etc.: a to support something, esp. in building. b to mark a position, boundary, etc. c to carry notices. 2. a pole etc. marking the start or finish of a race. --vtr. 1. (often foll. by up) a attach (a paper etc.) in a prominent place; stick up (post no bills). b announce or advertise by placard or in a published text. 2. publish the name of (a ship etc.) as overdue or missing. 3. placard (a wall etc.) with bills etc. 4. US achieve (a score in a game etc.). Phrases and idioms post-mill a windmill pivoted on a post and turning to catch the wind. Etymology: OE f. L postis: in ME also f. OF etc. 2. n., v., & adv. --n 1. Brit. the official conveyance of parcels, letters, etc. (send it by post). 2. Brit. a single collection, dispatch, or delivery of these; the letters etc. dispatched (has the post arrived yet?). 3. Brit. a place where letters etc. are dealt with; a post office or postbox (take it to the post). 4. hist. a one of a series of couriers who carried mail on horseback between fixed stages. b a letter-carrier; a mail cart. --v 1. tr. put (a letter etc.) in the post. 2. tr. (esp. as posted adj.) (often foll. by up) supply a person with information (keep me posted). 3. tr. a enter (an item) in a ledger. b (often foll. by up) complete (a ledger) in this way. c carry (an entry) from an auxiliary book to a more formal one, or from one account to another. 4. intr. a travel with haste, hurry. b hist. travel with relays of horses. --adv express; with haste. Phrases and idioms post-chaise hist. a travelling carriage hired from stage to stage or drawn by horses hired in this manner. post exchange US Mil. a shop at a military camp etc. post-free Brit. carried by post free of charge or with the postage prepaid. post-haste with great speed. post-horn a valveless horn formerly used to announce the arrival of the post. Post Office 1. the public department or corporation responsible for postal services and (in some countries) telecommunication. 2. (post office) a a room or building where postal business is carried on. b US = postman's knock. post-office box a numbered place in a post office where letters are kept until called for. post-paid on which postage has been paid. post room the department of a company that deals with incoming and outgoing mail. post-town a town with a post office, esp. one that is not a sub-office of another. Etymology: F poste (fem.) f. It. posta ult. f. L ponere posit- place 3. n. & v. --n 1. a place where a soldier is stationed or which he patrols. 2. a place of duty. 3. a a position taken up by a body of soldiers. b a force occupying this. c a fort. 4. a situation, paid employment. 5. = trading post. 6. Naut. hist. a commission as an officer in command of a vessel of 20 guns or more. --vtr. 1. place or station (soldiers, an employee, etc.). 2. appoint to a post or command. Phrases and idioms first (or last) post Brit. a bugle-call giving notice of the hour of retiring at night. last post Brit. a bugle-call blown at military funerals etc. Etymology: F poste (masc.) f. It. posto f. Rmc postum (unrecorded) f. L ponere posit- place |
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