英和和英

語源

A retronym emphasizing postal mail's slowness compared to email.

発音

• IPA: /ˈsneɪl ˌmeɪl/

名詞

snail mail (uncountable)

1. (retronym) Mail (physical material) sent in the post, especially as compared with email.

   I came home to a mailbox stuffed with snail mail.

   • 1993 November 9, L. R. Shannon, “Peripherals: MCI Mail Changes The Nature Of Letters”, in New York Times, retrieved 3 April 2014:

     To send a letter by snail mail (the Postal Service), you must still compose it, and also print it out, unless you write it by hand or on a typewriter.

2. (retronym) Mail (postal service), especially as compared with email.

   The official notice will be sent via both email and snail mail owing to legal requirements.

同意語

• smail

派生語