US: /ˈmeɪɫ/
UK: /mˈeɪl/
English - Vietnamese dictionary
mail /meil/- danh từ
- áo giáp
- áo giáp
- ngoại động từ
- mặc áo giáp
- mặc áo giáp
- danh từ
- thư từ; bưu kiện, bưu phẩm
- chuyển thư
- bưu điện
- xe thư (xe lửa)
- ngoại động từ
- gửi qua bưu điện
Advanced English dictionary
noun, verb+ noun
[U]
1 (BrE also post) the official system used for sending and delivering letters, packages, etc: a mail service / train / van + the Royal Mail + Your cheque is in the mail. + We do our business by mail.
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2 (BrE also post) letters, packages, etc. that are sent and delivered: There isn't much mail today. + I sat down to open the mail. + Is there a letter from them in the mail? + hate mail (= letters containing insults and threats)
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3 messages that are sent or received on a computer: Check regularly for new mail.
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4 used in the title of some newspapers: the Mail on Sunday
5 = CHAIN MAIL: a coat of mail - POST
+ verb
~ sth (to sb/sth)
~ (sb) sth (especially AmE) to send sth to sb using the POSTAL system: [VN, VNN] Don't forget to mail that letter to your mother. + Don't forget to mail your mother that letter. + [VN] The company intends to mail 50 000 households in the area. - POST
Phrasal Verbs: mail sth<->out to send out a large number of letters, etc. at the same time: The brochures were mailed out last week.
Thesaurus dictionary
n.
1 post, correspondence; letters:
Has the mail arrived?
v.
2 post, send, dispatch or despatch:
Please mail this letter tonight.
Collocation
ADJ.
first-class, second-class | surface | express | registered | internal
If we want to send something to another department, we use the internal mail.
| international | direct
direct mail advertising
| incoming, outgoing | unopened, unread | electronic, video, voice | junk
I throw junk mail straight in the bin without reading it.
| hate
He has received death threats and hate mail from angry fans.
| fan
QUANT.
item, sackful
VERB + MAIL
send | get, receive | deliver | forward, redirect
We got the Post Office to redirect our mail when we moved.
| collect
The mail is collected twice a day.
| sort
The postcode allows the mail to be sorted automatically.
| check
She checked her mail before leaving the hotel.
| pick up | open | read | answer, deal with
MAIL + VERB
come, go
Has the mail come yet?
MAIL + NOUN
order
All our products are available by mail order.
| message | item | program | system
PREP.
by ~
Send it by first-class mail.
| in the ~
My reply is in the mail. Is there anything interesting in the mail?
Concise dictionary
mails|mailed|mailingmeɪlnoun
+the bags of letters and packages that are transported by the postal service
+the system whereby messages are transmitted via the post office
+a conveyance that transports the letters and packages that are conveyed by the postal system
+any particular collection of letters or packages that is delivered
+(Middle Ages) flexible armor made of interlinked metal rings
verb
+send via the postal service
+cause to be directed or transmitted to another place
