English Dictionary

surface mail

名詞

不可算名詞

Mail which is transported by motor vehicle, by railway, or by seacraft, but not by aircraft.

日本語の意味

航空便を使わず、陸路や水路（自動車、鉄道、船舶など）で輸送される郵便 / 航空以外の交通手段によって運ばれる郵便物、すなわち自動車、鉄道、船舶などを利用した郵便

I sent the antique books by surface mail because they were too heavy to send by air.

アンティークの本は重すぎて航空便で送れなかったので、自動車・鉄道・または船で輸送される郵便で送りました。

意味（1）

Mail which is transported by motor vehicle, by railway, or by seacraft, but not by aircraft.

All Christmas cards for overseas delivery must be sealed and may travel either by surface mail at an eight-cent rate or by air mail at 12 cents.