pillar box
pillar box — 名詞
1. a tall metal cylinder painted bright red that stands on a public street, with a
郵筒
街頭紅色金屬圓柱郵筒
a tall metal cylinder painted bright red that stands on a public street, with a slot where people drop letters for the postal service to collect and deliver; found especially in Britain and some Commonwealth countries.
Shanti posted her letter in the pillar box on her way to the library.
Shanti 在去圖書館的路上把信投進了郵筒。
collocation: post a letter in a pillar box
The red pillar box on Station Road was repainted bright red again this spring.
車站路上的紅色郵筒今年春天又漆成了亮紅色。
passive: be repainted; typical British use
Ryo checked the collection time before dropping the envelope into the pillar box.
Ryo 在把信封丟進郵筒前先確認了收信時間。
'Is there a pillar box near the station?' the tourist asked the shopkeeper.
「車站附近有郵筒嗎？」那名遊客問店員。
Mira dropped three postcards into the same pillar box during her afternoon walk.
Mira 在午後散步時把三張明信片投進了同一個郵筒。
- post box
more general term for any public box for posting letters, includes both wall-mounted boxes and pillar boxes
- letter box
can also refer to a slot in a door for receiving mail; in UK English sometimes used interchangeably with 'pillar box' for street boxes
- mailbox
US English equivalent; refers to a box attached to a house or a blue collection box
文法句型
pillar box + verb (e.g. stands, is painted)
用法筆記
Frequently used in descriptions of UK street furniture. In American English the equivalent term is 'mailbox', but a US mailbox is usually a smaller box attached to a house or a blue collection box on a street corner — not the tall red pillar shape.