mailbox

Word family adjectivemailablemailednounmailermailgrammailingmailbagmailboxmail dropmailing listmailmanmailmergemail ordermailroommailshotmail

Related topics: Mail, Household, Computers

mail·box /ˈmeɪlbɒks $ -bɑːks/ noun [countableC] American EnglishAmE

1. TCMDHa box, usually outside a house, where someone’s letters are delivered or collected 〔通常置于住宅外的〕信箱 →4 See picture of 见图 POSTBOX →5 see picture at 见图 postbox

2. TCMa container where you post letters 邮箱，邮筒 SYN British English postbox

3. the part of a computer’s memory where email messages are stored 电子邮箱，电子信箱

Examples from the Corpus

mailbox• You can also create mailboxes other than the simple in and out trays and mark them in however you want.• The only restriction is how often the person receiving the email checks his or her mailbox.• Every day Ralph ran to his mailbox, only to find it empty.• Factor in other magazines, fall catalogs choking the mailbox and spreads in local newspapers and it adds up to stylish overstimulation.• I was helping Syndi shovel out the mailbox and parking spaces down by the road.• The class also used the mailbox facility to ask for brochures which were sent to the school.• A single password protected voice mailbox exists where you can leave, or update a message that only certain users can access.

From Longman Business Dictionary

mailboxmail·box /ˈmeɪlbɒks-bɑːks/ noun [countableC]

1American EnglishAmE a box, usually outside a house, where someone’s mail is delivered or collected

2American EnglishAmE a container where you put letters that you want to sendSYN BrE postbox

3COMPUTING the part of a computer’s memory where email messages are stored

词汇	mailbox
释义	mailbox Word family adjectivemailablemailednounmailermailgrammailingmailbagmailboxmail dropmailing listmailmanmailmergemail ordermailroommailshotmail Related topics: Mail, Household, Computers mail·box /ˈmeɪlbɒks $ -bɑːks/ ●●○ noun [countableC] American EnglishAmE 1. TCMDHa box, usually outside a house, where someone’s letters are delivered or collected 〔通常置于住宅外的〕信箱 →4 See picture of 见图 POSTBOX →5 see picture at 见图 postbox 2. TCMa container where you post letters 邮箱，邮筒 SYN British English postbox 3. the part of a computer’s memory where email messages are stored 电子邮箱，电子信箱 Examples from the Corpus mailbox• You can also create mailboxes other than the simple in and out trays and mark them in however you want.• The only restriction is how often the person receiving the email checks his or her mailbox.• Every day Ralph ran to his mailbox, only to find it empty.• Factor in other magazines, fall catalogs choking the mailbox and spreads in local newspapers and it adds up to stylish overstimulation.• I was helping Syndi shovel out the mailbox and parking spaces down by the road.• The class also used the mailbox facility to ask for brochures which were sent to the school.• A single password protected voice mailbox exists where you can leave, or update a message that only certain users can access. From Longman Business Dictionary mailboxmail·box /ˈmeɪlbɒks-bɑːks/ noun [countableC] 1American EnglishAmE a box, usually outside a house, where someone’s mail is delivered or collected 2American EnglishAmE a container where you put letters that you want to sendSYN BrE postbox 3COMPUTING the part of a computer’s memory where email messages are stored
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