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mail1 /meɪl/ ●●● S3 W3 noun [uncountable]  1  TCMthe letters and packages that are delivered to you 邮件；邮包 You shouldn't read other people's mail. 你不应该看别人的信件。 He found a mountain of mail waiting for him. 他发现有堆积如山的邮件等着他处理。 She promised to forward my mail to my new address (=send it from your old home or office to your new one). 她答应把我的邮件转寄到我的新地址。 He gets sacks of fan mail (=letters from people who admire him). 他收到成堆仰慕者的来信。 hate mail (=letters from people who hate you) 恐吓侮辱信2  especially American EnglishTCM the system of collecting and delivering letters and packages 邮政，邮递系统 SYN British English post The mail here’s really slow and unreliable. 这里的邮递系统实在是又慢又不可靠。 The product will be sold mainly through the mail. 产品将主要通过邮寄出售。in the mail I’ll put the check in the mail tomorrow. 我明天把支票邮寄出去。by mail Did you send the document by mail? 你是把文件邮寄走的吗？registered/express/first-class etc mail I sent my application by registered mail. 我把我的申请表以挂号信的形式寄了过去。 Most reports are sent via internal mail (=a system of sending documents to people inside the same organization). 大多数报告通过内部邮件系统发送。3  messages that are sent and received on a computer 电子邮件 SYN email I check my mail a couple of times a day. 我一天查看邮件好几次。 She's just received another mail message from them. 她刚刚收到他们发来的另一封邮件。4. PMDarmour made of small pieces of metal, worn by soldiers in the Middle Ages 〔中世纪士兵穿的〕铠甲，锁子甲 → voicemailn COLLOCATIONSverbssend mailPlease do not send personal mail to my work address.get/receive mailDid we get any mail this morning?the mail comes/arrivesThe mail had come late that day.the mail goes (out) (=it leaves an organization to be sent)What time does the mail go out?read your mailThe first thing he did was read his mail.open your mailShe opened her mail as she ate her breakfast.forward/redirect somebody's mail (=send it to a new address)The post office will forward your mail for a limited time.deliver the mailThe postman had just delivered the mail.sort mail (=put it into different piles, ready for delivery)Some mail still has to be sorted by hand.ADJECTIVES/NOUN + mail personal/private mail (=for one person to read and nobody else)He accused her of reading his private mail.fan mail (=letters from fans)He gets so much fan mail he had to employ a secretary to deal with it.hate mail (=letters expressing hate)She got threatening phone calls and hate mail.junk mail (=letters, usually advertisements, that you do not want)I only ever get junk mail and bills.registered mail (=letters insured against loss or damage)You have to sign for registered mail.

Examples from the Corpus

mail• Dwight Silverman can receive electronic mail via the Internet.• Editing was done via express mail.• Is that all the mail that came today?• No prisoner touches mail before it's been examined by staff.• Rambam printed business cards carrying a working telephone number complete with voice mail.• Sarah brought your mail over.internal mail• Then I sort the internal mail for the office.mail message• You may copy either a subset or all of your oldest 16 mail messages.• Up to 16 mail messages can be accessed at one time.• If all the above conditions are met, the new user will be notified by way of a mail message.• At the completion of the offline run, a mail message will be sent to the Offline Manager.• Please read the specified mail message for more information on the error.• If the entry is blank, the mail message has not been inspected.• Otherwise, the comment is used in the mail message to inform the package manager that approval has been denied.

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mail2 ●●● S3 verb [transitive] especially American English  1  TCMSENDto send a letter or package to someone 邮寄〔信件或包裹〕 SYN post British Englishmail something to somebody The weekly newsletter is mailed to women all over the country. 每周一期的简报邮寄给全国各地的妇女。2  to send a document to someone using a computer 〔通过计算机〕发送 SYN emailmail something to somebody Can you mail it to me as an attachment? 你能把它作为附件发给我吗？3 mail something ↔ out phrasal verb to send letters, packages etc to a lot of people at the same time 批量邮寄 SYN send out The department has just mailed out 300,000 notices. 该部门刚刚邮寄出30万份通知单。→ See Verb table

Examples from the Corpus

mail• Some one calculatingly vicious enough to mail death to people he had never met.• It s just an idea - mail me or the group with any suggestions.• The agents are looking for evidence that puts Kaczynski at each site where a bomb was mailed or placed, officials said.mail something to somebody• We'll just mail the flyers to all the people on the list.nThe MailMail, The  n1.another name for The Daily MailFrom Longman Business Dictionarymailmail1 /meɪl/ noun [uncountable]1the system of collecting or delivering letters, packages etcSYN BrE POSTYour cheque is in the mail (=I have just mailed it to you).Do not send cash through the mail.The company sells its computers by mail. → bulk mail → business reply mail → certified mail → registered mail → surface mail2the letters, packages etc that are sent to a particular person at a particular timeThe first thing he does when he arrives in the office is check his mail.My secretary sorts through the incoming mail (=mail being received).All outgoing mail (=mail being sent) must have a stamp on it.a sorting machine that processes first-class mail (=letters sent by the fastest normal mail service) by ZIP code → direct mail → junk mail → snail mail3COMPUTING messages sent by emailHave you read your mail yet?I got five mails this morning. → electronic mail → voice mailmailmail2 verb [transitive]1American English to send a letter or package to someoneSYN BrE postThe letter was mailed last Thursday.2COMPUTINGto send someone a message by emailYou can phone, fax, or mail me at the office.→ See Verb tableOrigin mail1 1. (1200-1300) Old French male “bag”2. (1200-1300) French maille, from Latin macula “spot, woven threads”

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mail¹ S3 W3 /meɪl/ noun [uncountable]1. the letters and packages that are delivered to you:
    You shouldn't read other people's mail.
    He found a mountain of mail waiting for him.
    She promised to forward my mail to my new address (=send it from your old home or office to your new one).
    He gets sacks of fan mail (=letters from people who admire him).
    hate mail (=letters from people who hate you)
2. especially American English the system of collecting and delivering letters and packages
   SYN  post British English:
    The mail here’s really slow and unreliable.
    The product will be sold mainly through the mail.
    in the mail
    I’ll put the check in the mail tomorrow.
    by mail
    Did you send the document by mail?
    registered/express/first-class etc mail
    I sent my application by registered mail.
    Most reports are sent via internal mail (=a system of sending documents to people inside the same organization).
3. messages that are sent and received on a computer
   SYN  email:
    I check my mail a couple of times a day.
    She's just received another mail message from them.
4. armour made of small pieces of metal, worn by soldiers in the Middle Ages
⇨ voice mail
     

COLLOCATIONS

■ verbs
   ▪ send mail Please do not send personal mail to my work address.
   ▪ get/receive mail Did we get any mail this morning?
   ▪ the mail comes/arrives The mail had come late that day.
   ▪ the mail goes (out) (=it leaves an organization to be sent) What time does the mail go out?
   ▪ read your mail The first thing he did was read his mail.
   ▪ open your mail She opened her mail as she ate her breakfast.
   ▪ forward/redirect somebody's mail (=send it to a new address) The post office will forward your mail for a limited time.
   ▪ deliver the mail The postman had just delivered the mail.
   ▪ sort mail (=put it into different piles, ready for delivery) Some mail still has to be sorted by hand.
■ ADJECTIVES/NOUN + mail
   ▪ personal/private mail (=for one person to read and nobody else) He accused her of reading his private mail.
   ▪ fan mail (=letters from fans) He gets so much fan mail he had to employ a secretary to deal with it.
   ▪ hate mail (=letters expressing hate) She got threatening phone calls and hate mail.
   ▪ junk mail (=letters, usually advertisements, that you do not want) I only ever get junk mail and bills.
   ▪ registered mail (=letters insured against loss or damage) You have to sign for registered mail.

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mail² S3 verb [transitive] especially American English
1. to send a letter or package to someone
   SYN  post British English
    mail something to somebody
    The weekly newsletter is mailed to women all over the country.
2. to send a document to someone using a computer
   SYN  email
    mail something to somebody
    Can you mail it to me as an attachment?
     
mail something ↔ out phrasal verb
  to send letters, packages etc to a lot of people at the same time
   SYN  send out:
    The department has just mailed out 300,000 notices.