Postman
['pəʊs(t)mən] or ['postmən]
解釋/意思:
(n.) A post or courier; a letter carrier.
(n.) One of the two most experienced barristers in the Court of Exchequer, who have precedence in motions; -- so called from the place where he sits. The other of the two is called the tubman.
錄入:皮埃尔
同義詞及近義詞：
n. Courier, post, letter-carrier.
巴纳比手打
娱乐性解釋/意思：
To dream of a postman, denotes that hasty news will more frequently be of a distressing nature than otherwise. See Letter Carrier.
吉尔伯特校對
例句/造句/用法:
- Postman lerrers. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- Item the second came through the postman. 威爾基·柯林斯. 月亮寶石.
- Having put my letter into the post, I passed a restless night: and the next morning, heard the knock of the twopenny postman in extreme agitation. 哈裡特·威爾遜. 哈裡特·威爾遜回忆录.
- Mr. Snodgrass was affected, but he undertook the delivery of the note as readily as if he had been a twopenny postman. 查理斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外傳.
- I leave you to imagine how I watched for the postman on Tuesday morning. 威爾基·柯林斯. 月亮寶石.
- You've seen the postman. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯回憶錄.
- It's our day for a letter, and the postman hasn't been. 路易莎·梅·奧爾科特. 小婦人.
- Not only was I soon as well known on the Norwood Road as the postmen on that beat, but I pervaded London likewise. 查理斯·狄更斯. 大衛·科波菲爾.
編輯:迈尔斯