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postbox

🇬🇧 UK/'pәustbɒks/🇺🇸 US
A1

Definitions

n.

A public or private box in which outgoing or incoming mail is deposited.

邮筒,邮箱

🧩 Root Breakdown

Root-derived
postafter, behind; mail, position
+
boxother
=postbox

Common Collocations

  • 1.drop into a postbox投入邮筒
  • 2.empty a postbox清取邮筒
  • 3.[postbox collection邮筒收件
  • 4.street postbox]街边邮筒

Example Sentences

  • 1.

    She dropped the letter into the red postbox on the corner of the street.

  • 2.

    The postbox outside the office is emptied twice a day by the postal worker.

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