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airmail

/air-meyl/US // ˈɛərˌmeɪl //UK // (ˈɛəˌmeɪl) //

航空邮件,空邮,空运邮件,空中邮件

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : the system, especially a government postal system, of sending mail by airplane.
    • : a letter, package, etc., sent by this system.
    • : a stamp authorizing delivery of mail by this system.
adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : of or relating to airmail.
adv.副词 adverb
  1. 1
    • : by airmail: Send all overseas letters airmail.
v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to send via airmail: I airmailed the package yesterday.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Examples

  • The first motorized mail delivery began in the early 1900s in Baltimore organized by Postmaster General Frank Hitchcock, who also pioneered airmail.

  • The bed was airmailed, wrapped like a big holiday gift, including sheets, pillows, and pillowcases, from a small town in New Jersey to the capital of the Soviet Union.

  • What was America supposed to do after Pearl Harbor, put the keys to the Golden Gate in an airmail envelope and send them to Tojo?

  • In the early days of airmail, a system of coast-to-coast arrows pointed the way for pilots.

  • But as the Roaring Twenties approached, a new, faster method of parcel delivery was burgeoning: airmail.

  • I would like to airmail it right away, but you Americans overload the mails at Christmas, so it would be safer to wait.

  • But is the overseas airmail so crowded you wouldn't trust a parcel to the regular mail system?

  • The disappearance of two airmail pilots leads to a mystery that centers about an abandoned mine and a strange old man.

  • The first envelope was addressed to Lee Harvey Oswald, airmail.

  • The next night there were five letters, two of which had been sent airmail.