out-tray

/ˈaʊt treɪ/ (bre, ipa) · /ˈaʊt treɪ/ (ame, ipa)

out-tray — noun

1. a box or tray kept on an office desk, used for holding letters, documents, or fi

1.名詞B1
釋義

a box or tray kept on an office desk, used for holding letters, documents, or files after you have finished working on them, so that they can be collected and sent out by someone else

例句

The receptionist checked her out-tray and found three parcels waiting for the courier.

collocation: check one's out-tray

Minh placed the signed contracts in his out-tray so the admin assistant could mail them.

同義詞
  • outbox

    used more often for email; out-tray is always a physical container on a desk

反義詞
  • in-tray

    holds incoming documents that need to be dealt with

常見錯誤

❌Put the customer complaint in the out-tray for our response.
✅Put the customer complaint in the in-tray for our response.
💡Out-tray is for outgoing documents; in-tray holds items waiting for your action.