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mailboat

/meyl-boht/US // ˈmeɪlˌboʊt //

邮船,信船,邮艇,邮轮

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a boat for transporting mail.

Examples

  • Leaning on it he looked down on the water and on the mailboat clearing the harbourmouth of Kingstown.

  • The afternoon passed in preparation of monthly reports scheduled to go on the mailboat expected in that evening.

  • I don't expect him until he calls for his man—the one I've just hove out—when the West-coast mailboat comes in.

  • Wyndham was wanted at home, the ebb tide was running and a mailboat was due to call at Takana lagoon.

  • What day of the month is this, and have they changed the homeward mailboat's time bill?