English Dictionary

post office

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈpəʊst ˌɒfɪs/

名詞

可算名詞 カナダ英語 アメリカ英語 不可算名詞

(countable) A place (building, office, shop, or counter) concerned with the business of delivering letters, post or mail and selling stamps, etc. / (countable) An organisation that delivers letters.

日本語の意味

郵便局（手紙や郵便物の配達や切手の販売などを行う建物、オフィス、店舗） / 郵便局（手紙や郵便物を配達する組織）

I dropped the package at the post office before catching the last train.

私は最後の電車に乗る前に郵便局に荷物を預けました。

意味（1）

(countable) A place (building, office, shop, or counter) concerned with the business of delivering letters, post or mail and selling stamps, etc.

意味（2）

(countable) An organisation that delivers letters.

“The post-office is a wonderful establishment!” said she.—“The regularity and despatch of it! If one thinks of all that it has to do, and all that it does so well, it is really astonishing!”

意味（3）

(Canada, US, uncountable) A party game involving the exchange of kisses.

post offices （ plural ）