postal

postal — 形容詞

1. connected with letters and parcels, the service that carries them, or items sent

1.形容詞C1
釋義

郵政的

和郵件寄送或郵政服務有關

connected with letters and parcels, the service that carries them, or items sent that way

例句

Many mountain villages still depend on the postal service for medicine.

許多山區村落仍然靠郵政服務收送藥品。

collocation: postal service

Postal workers delivered exam papers before the typhoon reached Tainan.

颱風到達台南前,郵務人員已先送達考卷。

collocation: postal workers

同義詞
  • mail

    is the closest everyday alternative, especially in American English, and is common before nouns

  • post-office

    is narrower and usually points more directly to the office or its official services

  • mailed

    only describes something that has already been sent, not the whole system

文法句型

postal service

postal worker

postal address

postal application

用法筆記

Usually comes before nouns such as service, worker, address, vote, and application. In everyday American English, mail is often more common in casual compounds, but postal is the standard word for the official system.

常見錯誤

I sent a postal to my aunt.
I sent a letter to my aunt by post.
💡postal is an adjective, not a noun for the thing you send.