airmail
airmail — noun
1. the postal service that carries letters and packages between countries on aeropl
the postal service that carries letters and packages between countries on aeroplanes, usually faster but more expensive than ground or sea delivery.
Grandma sent the birthday card by airmail from Taipei so it would arrive in London on time.
send + by airmail (preposition pattern)
The online shop offers two shipping options: cheap surface post or faster airmail.
contrast with surface post
Mr. Chen stuck a blue and red airmail label on the envelope before walking to the post office.
Sending the parcel by airmail to Canada cost almost three times more than sending it by sea.
During the war, soldiers waited weeks for letters from home because airmail was still very new.
- air post
older term, mostly historical
- express post
broader; covers fast delivery by any method, not only by plane
- surface mail
post sent by road, rail, or ship instead of by plane
- sea mail
specifically post carried by ship, the cheapest international option
文法句型
by airmail
airmail + noun (attributive)
用法筆記
Often used attributively before a noun (an airmail letter, an airmail envelope, an airmail sticker). The word is heard less often today because most international post already travels by plane by default; people now usually just say 'post' or 'shipping' and choose a speed option.