mail-order
UK/,meil'ɔ:də/US/ˌmeɪl'ɔ:də/
Definitions
adj.
Relating to the buying or selling of goods by post
邮购的
v.
To buy goods by ordering them through the post or online
邮购，函购
Root Breakdown
Native Englishmail + order = placing an order by mail. The compound names the whole system of selling goods that customers order remotely and receive by post.
Root order still carries 34 more wordsExample Sentences
- 1.
Before the internet, people bought clothes from mail-order catalogs.
- 2.
The company started as a small mail-order business.