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EnglishTHE SCHOLAR'S LEXICON

letterbox

/let-er-boks/US // ˈlɛt ərˌbɒks //

信箱,信盒,信筒,信函

Related Words

mail drop投递邮件,邮件投递,邮件投放,投递信件letter drop落信,降信,信件掉落,信件坠落mailbox信箱,邮箱,信箱中,信箱中的pillar box立柱箱,立柱盒,支柱箱,柱子箱postbox邮箱,邮筒,邮政信箱,邮政箱

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : Also letter box .Chiefly British. a public or private mailbox.
    • : Digital Technology, Television. a technique for displaying a wide-screen film or landscape video on a narrower screen by reducing its size but retaining the aspect ratio, with black bands filling the screen above and below the picture:letterbox videos.Compare pan and scan, pillarbox.
v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : Digital Technology, Television. to display by using the letterbox technique.

Synonyms & Antonyms

as inletter box
Synonyms
letter drop落信,降信,信件掉落,信件坠落mail drop投递邮件,邮件投递,邮件投放,投递信件mailbox信箱,邮箱,信箱中,信箱中的pillar box立柱箱,立柱盒,支柱箱,柱子箱postbox邮箱,邮筒,邮政信箱,邮政箱

Examples

  • The lid flew back, and we pressed forward, and each ran his hand down into the letterbox.

  • Among them I expected to see a letterbox; but there was nothing that looked like despatches.

  • The front door should have a knocker and a letterbox, and around both the door and the windows should be imitation framework.

  • He felt in the letterbox, drew forth a letter, and with this he went back to the sitting-room.

  • There must be a rural delivery, and if so, at the gate would be a letterbox.

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