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postman

/pohst-muhn/US // ˈpoʊst mən //UK // (ˈpəʊstmən) //

邮递员,邮差,邮政员,邮政人员

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural post·men.

    • : a postal employee who carries and delivers mail; mail carrier.
    • : Archaic. a courier.

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Examples

  • Cheval was born in 1836 in Charmes, France, and he chose to serve his small community as a postman.

  • And they were all viewing the uncut version, too—the one not in theaters—because of postman Guy.

  • The Postman cost $80 million to make; it earned $18 million at the box office.

  • I went out, put the article in the mailbox, and raised the flag for the postman.

  • Cain wrote one good book, Postman, and a shelf full of schlock.

  • The old postman says it was insufficiently addressed, or it 'ud ha' been here by first post.

  • But the postman never came near the little cottage at the elbow in Whiffle Street, all that day.

  • It had become a standard jest with the ex-postman that she should never go anywhere away from Skyrie without her pocket-book.

  • The statement was in the form of a question, to which the ex-postman rather coldly replied: "Yes, so I have heard."

  • The steps continue and grow faint, as the postman rounds the distant corner.