surface mail

英 [ˈsɜːfɪs meɪl]

美 [ˈsɜːrfɪs meɪl]

n.  水陆路邮件; 平寄邮件

经济

牛津词典

noun

• 水陆路邮件；平寄邮件
  letters, etc. carried by road, rail or sea, not by air

柯林斯词典

• N-UNCOUNT 水陆路邮件;平寄邮件
  Surface mailis the system of sending letters and parcels by road, rail, or sea, not by air.
  1. Goods may be sent by surface mail or airmail.
     货物可通过平寄或空运发送。

英英释义

noun

• mail that is sent by land or sea

双语例句

• Why don't you send your printed matter by surface mail That would be much cheaper.
  为什么你不按普通邮件寄这些印刷品？那样要便宜得多。
• Would you like to send it by air mail or surface mail?
  您要用航空或海运邮寄？
• If they were really serious about this, they would've pushed back the cancellation of surface mail until they could incorporate these other standards.
  如果他们真的关心此事，那么直到他们能够将其他标准包含进来，他们也许就不会接受取消水运邮政业务。
• In contrast, dissemination via alternative methods, such as surface mail, has recently proved quite effective.
  相对来说，通过其它方式传播，如普通邮件，近来被证实相当有效。
• How long will it take the package to get there by surface mail?
  这包书寄到中国要多长时间？
• Clerk: Surface mail from the UK to China. Mmm, up to eight weeks!
  职员：平信从英国道中国，最长可能要八个星期。
• Surface mail takes longer than airmail.
  普通邮件比航空邮件慢。
• Do you want to send the package by airmail or by surface mail?
  你的包裹要平邮，还是空运？
• I suppose airmail is faster and more expensive than surface mail.
  我想航空邮寄比平寄要快一些也更贵一些吧。
• Can you send it by surface mail?
  你能用普通信件寄它吗？