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letter box.

/let-er-boks/US // ˈlɛt ərˌbɒks //

信箱,信盒,信件箱,信函箱

Related Words

mail drop投递邮件,邮件投递,邮件投放,投递信件 letter drop落信,降信,信件掉落,信件坠落 mailbox信箱,邮箱,信箱中,信箱中的 pillar box立柱箱,立柱盒,支柱箱,柱子箱 postbox邮箱,邮筒,邮政信箱,邮政箱

Definitions

n.noun · 名词

1.
- ›Also letter box .Chiefly British. a public or private mailbox.
- ›Digital Technology, Television. a technique for displaying a wide-screen film or landscape video on a narrower screen by reducing its size but retaining the aspect ratio, with black bands filling the screen above and below the picture:letterbox videos.Compare pan and scan, pillarbox.

v.verb · 有主动词

1.
- ›Digital Technology, Television. to display by using the letterbox technique.

Synonyms & Antonyms

nounmail box

Synonyms

letter drop落信,降信,信件掉落,信件坠落 letterbox信箱,信盒,信筒,信函 mail drop投递邮件,邮件投递,邮件投放,投递信件 mailbox信箱,邮箱,信箱中,信箱中的 pillar box立柱箱,立柱盒,支柱箱,柱子箱 postbox邮箱,邮筒,邮政信箱,邮政箱

Examples

The lid flew back, and we pressed forward, and each ran his hand down into the letterbox.
Among them I expected to see a letterbox; but there was nothing that looked like despatches.
The front door should have a knocker and a letterbox, and around both the door and the windows should be imitation framework.
He felt in the letterbox, drew forth a letter, and with this he went back to the sitting-room.
There must be a rural delivery, and if so, at the gate would be a letterbox.

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