| 词组 | snail mail |
| 释义 | Idiom snail mail humorous the system of sending letters through the post.What's your preferred means of communication? Fax, email or snail mail? snail mail noun mail sent by normal postal service. A term that was coined after the advent of electronic mail US, 1983snail mailPaper mail sent through the postal service (as opposed to email). Snails are thought of as very slow. A: "Did we get any exciting snail mail today?" B: "Nah, just some bills." Wait, you sent the invitations snail mail? Why didn't you just do e-vites? snail mailOrdinary postal service, as opposed to electronic communications. For example, He hasn't taken to his computer so he's still using snail mail. This slangy idiom, alluding to the alleged slowness of the snail, caught on at least partly for its rhyme. [1980s] ˈsnail mail(informal, humorous) used especially by people who use email on computers to describe the system of sending letters by ordinary mail: I’d love to hear from you, either by email or snail mail.snail-mail n. post office mail; regular mail as opposed to electronic mail. (Refers to the slowness of regular mail in comparison to electronic mail or faxes.) There are lots of color pictures in the article, so I will send you the original by snail-mail. |
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