英语词汇“post、road”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组、英语词典-本地帮

单词

post-road

释义

ˈpost-road
A road on which a series of post-houses or stations for post-horses is (or was) established; a road on which mails were carried.
1657Acts & Ordin. Parl. c. 30 (Scobell) 513 Letters and Pacquets..to be sent forwards to the City of London, or any other place in any of the Post-Roads, from thence towards the said City.1685Royal Proclam. 7 Sept. in Lond. Gaz. No. 2068/2 That no man hereafter may complain for want of a setled Post in or near particular By-Towns or Places lying on the Post-Road.1711Royal Proclam. 23 June ibid. No. 4866/1 The Horsing of any Person..Riding Post, (that is to say) Riding several Stages upon a Post-Road.1791Phil. Trans. LXXXI. 108 The great post-road from hence into Italy, over Mount Cenis.1814Scott Wav. xlv, The common post-road betwixt Edinburgh and Haddington.1860Spottiswoode in Vac. Tour. 86 When we drove into the back yard of the post-station,..the post-master would give us no horses, as the road by which we were to proceed was not a post-road.1904(U.S.) Congress. Directory 162 [U.S. Senate Committee on] post-offices and post-roads.

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