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mail
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音标：英 [meɪl] 美 [mel]
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解释：
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n. 邮件；邮政，邮递；盔甲
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vt. 邮寄；给…穿盔甲
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vi. 邮寄；寄出
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n. (Mail)人名；(法)马伊
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中文词源：
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mail 邮件来自Proto-Germanic*malho,来自PIE*molko,皮袋，袋子。后引申词义旅行袋，信件袋，邮袋，最终用于指邮件。
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mail 锁子甲来自古法语maille,铁丝网，锁子甲，来自拉丁语macula,斑点，网眼，词源同maculate,immaculate.因网眼形似一个个小斑点而引申该词义，最终用于指甲胄，即锁子甲。
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mail 租金，合同来自中古英语male,租金，贡金，来自古英语mal,合同，协议，交易，来自Proto-Germanic*mathla,会面，来自PIE*mod,会面，集会，开会，词源同meet,moot.由会面引申词义讨论，协商，交易，协议，最后用于指租金，贡金。该词义现仅见于blackmail.拼写比较nail,rail.
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英文词源：
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mail
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mail: English has two extant words mail. The one meaning ‘post’ [13] goes back via Old French to Old High German malha, which meant ‘bag, pouch’. That indeed was what the word originally denoted in English (and modern French malle is still used for a ‘bag’). It was not until the 17th century that a specific application to a ‘bag for carrying letters’ emerged, and this was followed in the next century by the ‘letters, etc so carried’. Mail ‘chain-armour’ [14] comes via Old French maille ‘mesh’ from Latin macula, which originally meant ‘spot, stain’ (hence English immaculate [15], etymologically ‘spotless’), but was transferred to the ‘holes in a net’, from their appearance of being spots or marks.
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The word maquis, made familiar in English during World War II as a term for the French resistance forces, means literally ‘scrub, undergrowth’ in French. It was borrowed from Italian macchia, a descendant of Latin macula, whose literal sense ‘spot’ was applied metaphorically to ‘bushes dotted over a hillside’. English once had a third word mail, meaning ‘payment, tax’ [12].
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It was borrowed from Old Norse mál ‘speech, agreement’. It now survives only in blackmail [16].
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=> immaculate, maquis
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mail (n.1)
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"post, letters," c. 1200, "a traveling bag," from Old French male "wallet, bag, bundle," from Frankish *malha or some other Germanic source, from Proto-Germanic *malho- (cognates: Old High German malaha "wallet, bag," Middle Dutch male "bag"), from PIE *molko- "skin, bag." Sense extension to "letters and parcels" (18c.) is via "bag full of letter" (1650s) or "person or vehicle who carries postal matter" (1650s). In 19c. England, mail was letters going abroad, while home dispatches were post. Sense of "personal batch of letters" is from 1844, originally American English.
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mail (n.2)
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"metal ring armor," c. 1300, from Old French maille "link of mail, mesh of net," from Latin macula "mesh in a net," originally "spot, blemish," on notion that the gaps in a net or mesh looked like spots.
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mail (v.)
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"send by post," 1828, American English, from mail (n.1). Related: Mailed; mailing; mailable. Mailing list attested from 1876.
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mail (n.3)
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"rent, payment," from Old English mal (see blackmail (n.)).
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双语例句：
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1. The Daily Mail has the headline "The Voice of Conscience"
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《每日邮报》的头版标题为“良知的声音”。
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来自柯林斯例句
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2. Goods may be sent by surface mail or airmail.
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货物可通过平寄或空运发送。
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来自柯林斯例句
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3. An e-mail is already circulating amongst news staff calling for voluntary redundancies.
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在新闻部员工中已经在转发一封电子邮件,呼吁大家自愿裁汰.
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来自柯林斯例句
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4. Peter starts looking through the mail as soon as the door shuts.
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彼得一关上门就开始逐一查看起邮件来。
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来自柯林斯例句
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5. People had to renew their motor vehicle registrations through the mail.
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人们必须以书信方式重新登记机动车辆。
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来自柯林斯例句
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更多相关例句：
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a mail service/train/van
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邮政服务 / 列车 / 汽车【牛津词典】
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the Royal Mail
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皇家邮政【牛津词典】
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Your cheque is in the mail.
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你的支票在邮递途中。【牛津词典】
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We do our business by mail .
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我们通过邮递做生意。【牛津词典】
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There isn't much mail today.
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今天邮件不多。【牛津词典】
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I sat down to open the mail .
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我坐下来打开信件。【牛津词典】
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Is there a letter from them in the mail ?
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邮件里有他们来的信吗？【牛津词典】
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hate mail (= letters containing insults and threats)
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恐吓侮辱信【牛津词典】
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Check regularly for new mail.
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定期查看新邮件。【牛津词典】
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the Mail on Sunday
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《星期日邮报》【牛津词典】
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a coat of mail
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一副锁子甲【牛津词典】
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Don't forget to mail that letter to your mother.
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别忘了把那封信给你妈寄去。【牛津词典】
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Don't forget to mail your mother that letter.
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别忘了把那封信给你妈寄去。【牛津词典】
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The company intends to mail 50 000 households in the area.
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公司计划给当地的5万个家庭寄信。【牛津词典】
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Please mail us at the following email address.
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请按下面的电邮地址发送给我们。【牛津词典】
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The virus mails itself forward to everyone in your address book.
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这种病毒通过电子邮件自动转发给通讯录中的每个人。【牛津词典】
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The brochures were mailed out last week.
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小册子已于上周一成批寄出去了。【牛津词典】
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Your check is in the mail...
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您的支票正在邮递中。【柯林斯高阶英语词典】
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People had to renew their motor vehicle registrations through the mail...
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人们必须以书信方式重新登记机动车辆。【柯林斯高阶英语词典】
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There was no mail except the usual junk addressed to the occupier...
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除了寄给业主的常见垃圾信件之外，再没有其他邮件了。【柯林斯高阶英语词典】
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Nora looked through the mail.
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诺拉大致看了一下那封信。【柯林斯高阶英语词典】
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Last year, he mailed the documents to French journalists...
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他去年把这些文件寄给了法国记者。【柯林斯高阶英语词典】
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He mailed me the contract...
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他把合同邮寄给了我。【柯林斯高阶英语词典】
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...if a report must be electronically mailed to an office by 9 am the next day.
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如果一份报告必须在次日早晨9时之前以电子邮件的形式发送至办公室【柯林斯高阶英语词典】
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This piece of cloth has a new design.
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这块布图案新颖.【《简明英汉词典》】
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He has a large amount of mail to answer every day.
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他每天有大量的信件要回复.【《现代汉英综合大词典》】
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Last week, for example, Postmaster General Pat Donahoe announced plans to stop mail delivery on Saturdays, a move he says could save three billion dollars annually.【出自-2016年12月听力原文】
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I'll tell my secretary to put the paper in my mail box, and I'll get it when I return.【出自-2014年6月听力原文】
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They are owned by individuals and by private businesses and corporations, lending institutions, direct mailing and telemarketing firms, credit bureaus, credit card companies, and government agencies at the local, state, and federal level.【出自-2013年6月听力原文】
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According to Rae Ann Haight, the program manager for the national-preparedness office at USPS, Smith was fulfilling a request made by some of the home owners to pick up any mail that was left untouched.【2019年12月四级真题（第二套）阅读 Section B】
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After Hurricane Katrina hit in 2005, mail facilities were set up in dozens of locations across the country in the two weeks that USPS was unable to provide street delivery.【2019年12月四级真题（第二套）阅读 Section B】
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After Hurricane Katrina interrupted routine delivery, temporary mail service points were set up.【2019年12月四级真题（第二套）阅读 Section B】
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After mail service stops due to weather, the agency’s top priority is ensuring that employees are safe.【2019年12月四级真题（第二套）阅读 Section B】
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As I came across a box that was up but with no house, I checked, and there was mail—outgoing mail—in it.【2019年12月四级真题（第二套）阅读 Section B】
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As soon as it's safe enough to be outside, couriers (邮递员) start distributing accumulated mail on the still-accessible routes.【2019年12月四级真题（第二套）阅读 Section B】
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But some mail can be extremely sensitive and timely.【2019年12月四级真题（第二套）阅读 Section B】
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Days after the deadly 2017 wildfires in Santa Rosa, California, a drone (无人机) caught footage (连续镜头) of a USPS worker, Trevor Smith, driving through burned homes in that familiar white van, collecting mail in an affected area.【2019年12月四级真题（第二套）阅读 Section B】
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Even the United States Postal Service (USPS) suspended mail delivery.【2019年12月四级真题（第二套）阅读 Section B】
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If the destruction is extreme, mail addressed to the area will get sent elsewhere.【2019年12月四级真题（第二套）阅读 Section B】
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In response to Hurricane Katrina in 2005, USPS redirected incoming New Orleans mail to existing mail facilities in Houston.【2019年12月四级真题（第二套）阅读 Section B】
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Mail companies are logistics companies, which puts them in a special position to help when disaster strikes.【2019年12月四级真题（第二套）阅读 Section B】
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Mail delivery service is still responsible for the completion of almost half of payments.【2019年12月四级真题（第二套）阅读 Section B】
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Mail that was already processed in New Orleans facilities was moved to an upper floor so it would be protected from water damage.【2019年12月四级真题（第二套）阅读 Section B】
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Returning to a normal life can be difficult, but some small routines mail delivery being one of them may help residents remember that their communities are still their communities.【2019年12月四级真题（第二套）阅读 Section B】
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Spokespeople from both USPS and UPS told me all mail is important.【2019年12月四级真题（第二套）阅读 Section B】
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Then it evaluates the health of infrastructure, such as the roads that mail carriers drive on.【2019年12月四级真题（第二套）阅读 Section B】
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The woman would like the man to take care of her mail.【出自-2013年6月听力原文】
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Otherwise, we can send a gift card by mail if you prefer.【2017年12月六级真题（第一套）听力 Section A】
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Another trend is off-site or virtual management, where teams of people linked by e-mail and the Internet work on projects from their own houses.【2016年高考英语上海卷 完形填空 原文】
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By tracking people's e-mails and online posts, scientists have found that good news can spread faster and farther than disasters and sob stories.【2016年高考英语全国卷3 阅读理解 阅读D 原文】
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E-mails are then sent to the bookcrossing to keep them updated about where their books have been found.【2016年高考英语全国卷2 阅读理解 阅读C 原文】
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Explore the monuments and memorials on the national mail as your guide shares unique facts and history at each stop.【2018年高考英语全国卷I 阅读理解 阅读A 原文】
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He and a Penn colleague analyzed the "most e-mailed" list for six months.【2016年高考英语全国卷3 阅读理解 阅读D 原文】
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If a neighbor is going to be out of town, offer to collect mail and newspapers.【2018年高考英语浙江卷 阅读理解 七选五 原文】
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Mail it back to its owner.【2016年高考英语全国卷2 阅读理解 阅读C 选项】
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Researchers analyzing word-of-mouth communication—e-mails, web posts and reviews, face-to-face conversations—found that it tended to be more positive than negative, but that didn't necessarily mean people preferred positive news.【2016年高考英语全国卷3 阅读理解 阅读D 原文】
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Six days a week, up and down the red hills of northeast georgia, my grandfather brought the mail to the folks there.【2015年高考英语天津卷 阅读表达 原文】
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The mail can be really slow sometimes.【2017年高考英语浙江卷（11月） 听力 原文】
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The second half of the 20th century saw a collection of geniuses, warriors, entrepreneurs and visionaries labour to create a fabulous machine that could function as a typewriter and printing press, studio and theatre, paintbrush and gallery, piano and radio, the mail as well as the mail carrier.【出自-2012年考研阅读原文】
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Fundamentally, the USPS is in a historic squeeze between technological change that has permanently decreased demand for its bread-and-butter product, first-class mail, and a regulatory structure that denies management the flexibility to adjust its operations to the new reality.【出自-2018年考研阅读原文】
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Fundamentally, the USPS is in a historic squeeze between technological change that has permanently decreased demand for its bread-and-butter product, first-class mail, and 】
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