paquebot

词形变化

paquebots 复数 paquebots

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    a mailboat

  2. 2.

    a postal marking or cancellation stamped on mail posted at sea or in a harbour for processing by the postal authorities at the next port of call. Mail so marked in one country will often carry the stamps of another country.

adj.
  1. 1.

    Relating to mail posted at sea.

    a paquebot letter

    a paquebot duplex

词源

Borrowed from French paquebot (“mailboat”). First used in Great Britain in 1894, the term was adopted for general use by the Universal Postal Union in 1897.

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