mail — 名詞
1. letters, parcels, and other items that people send to each other, or the public
郵件
透過郵政系統寄送的信件與包裹
letters, parcels, and other items that people send to each other, or the public system that collects and delivers them.
The mail usually arrives at our office before ten o'clock in the morning.
郵件通常在早上十點前送達我們的辦公室。
Shanti forgot to check her mail while she was away on holiday for two weeks.
Shanti 外出度假兩週，忘了查看她的郵件。
collocation: check the mail
Minho sent the package by mail instead of using an express courier service.
Minho 用郵寄的方式寄包裹，而不是用快遞服務。
There was a pile of mail on the kitchen table when I got home.
我回家時，廚房桌上放著一堆郵件。
Every morning the mail carrier brings letters and small parcels to our street.
每天早上，郵差都會送信和小包裹到我們這條街。
- post
preferred term in British English for letters and packages sent through the postal system
- correspondence
more formal; refers specifically to written messages, not parcels
用法筆記
Mail is an uncountable noun in this sense. Do not say 'a mail' for a single item — use 'a letter', 'a package', or 'a piece of mail' instead.
常見錯誤
2. messages sent and received electronically through a computer or phone network.
電郵
透過電腦或手機傳送的訊息
messages sent and received electronically through a computer or phone network.
Felipe checks his work mail on the computer before starting his shift.
Felipe 在開始值班前，會先用電腦查看他的工作電郵。
Élise sent a short mail with all the details about the meeting tomorrow.
Élise 發了一封簡短的電郵，附上明天會議的所有細節。
collocation: send a mail
I received an automatic mail confirming my hotel booking for next month.
我收到一封自動回覆的電郵，確認我下個月的飯店訂房。
Could you forward that mail from the IT team to Olivia?
可以請你把 IT 團隊那封電郵轉寄給 Olivia 嗎？
用法筆記
Frequently used in workplace and computing contexts. The countable form 'a mail' (meaning an email message) is widely accepted in informal usage, though some style guides prefer 'an email' for electronic messages and reserve 'mail' for physical post.
常見錯誤
3. a type of body protection once used by warriors, created by joining many tiny me
鎖子甲
金屬環連結製成的鏈甲，非一般鎧甲
a type of body protection once used by warriors, created by joining many tiny metal loops into one flexible sheet.
The knight wore a heavy mail coat under his armour for extra protection.
那名騎士在盔甲下穿著一件厚重的鎖子甲，以加強防護。
compound noun: mail coat
At the museum we saw an exhibition of chain mail from the medieval period.
我們在博物館看到了一組中世紀時期的鎖子甲展覽。
Making chain mail required thousands of tiny metal rings linked by hand.
製作鎖子甲需要用手將數千個細小的金屬環連結在一起。
The museum guide explained how blacksmiths made mail by linking rings one at a time.
博物館導覽員解釋了鐵匠如何一個一個地將金屬環連結起來製成鎖子甲。
Sirin dressed in a full suit of mail for the historical battle reenactment.
Sirin 穿上一整套鎖子甲，參加歷史戰鬥重演活動。
- chain mail
the more common modern term for this type of armour
- chainmail
alternative spelling, written as one word
用法筆記
Usually appears as 'chain mail' in modern English. When used alone, it is uncountable — do not say 'a mail' for a piece of armour. Distinguish from the mail/email senses (noun/1 and noun/2), which come from a different historical root.
4. a word used in the names of some British newspapers, reflecting their historical
郵報
部分英國報紙名稱中的用字
a word used in the names of some British newspapers, reflecting their historical connection to the postal service.
The Daily Mail is one of the most widely read newspapers in the United Kingdom.
《每日郵報》是英國閱讀人數最多的報紙之一。
Christopher writes a weekly column for the local newspaper called the Town Mail.
Christopher 每週為一份名為《小鎮郵報》的地方報紙撰寫專欄。
proper noun: part of newspaper title
The editor of the Evening Mail announced new sections for the weekend edition.
《晚間郵報》的編輯宣布了週末版的新欄目。
My grandfather has delivered copies of the Daily Mail for over twenty years.
我祖父已經送了二十多年的《每日郵報》。
用法筆記
Always appears as part of a proper noun and is capitalised. Learners do not need to actively produce this sense, but should recognise it when encountering newspapers such as the Daily Mail or the Glasgow Mail.
mail — 動詞
1. to dispatch a document, parcel, or computer message to a recipient by post or ov
寄送
透過郵局或網路傳送給他人
to dispatch a document, parcel, or computer message to a recipient by post or over a computer network.
Yael mailed the signed contract to the company headquarters yesterday.
Yael 昨天把簽好的合約寄到公司總部。
mail + object + to + recipient
Karim mailed his university application forms just before the deadline.
Karim 在截止日前才寄出他的大學申請表。
Could you mail me a copy of the sales report by Friday?
可以請你在星期五前寄一份銷售報告給我嗎？
The company mailed out letters to all its customers last week.
該公司上週向所有客戶寄出了信件。
We mailed the wedding invitations six weeks before the big day.
我們在婚禮前六週寄出了喜帖。
- receive
the opposite action — getting mail rather than sending it
文法句型
mail + object + to + recipient
mail + object
mail + indirect object + direct object
用法筆記
This verb works for both physical post and electronic messages — the meaning is disambiguated by context. It is a regular verb (mail, mailed, mailed). In British English, 'post' is more common than 'mail' for physical sending.