pen pal
pen pal — noun
1. someone you exchange letters or emails with for fun, even though you have usuall
someone you exchange letters or emails with for fun, even though you have usually never met them in person
Nikhil has a pen pal in Japan, and they write to each other every month.
collocation: have a pen pal + [location]
When Nora was nine, she found a pen pal through an international children's magazine.
passive with agent or instrument: found through [channel]
Adaeze sends photos and drawings to her pen pal in Mexico City.
Iker and his pen pal have been writing letters for over two years.
The school started a pen pal program with a classroom in Kenya.
Noa and her pen pal finally met after writing to each other for five years.
Dylan's pen pal invited him to visit her family in Brazil next summer.
The two classes became pen pals after their teachers connected them through a project.
"How did you find your pen pal?" "Through an international youth magazine."
Losing touch with a childhood pen pal can feel like losing a close friend.
- correspondent
more formal; often used for business or academic letter-writing, not necessarily a friend
- key pal
modern term for someone you exchange emails or online messages with, from 'keyboard'
- email buddy
informal; focuses on email correspondence rather than physical letters
文法句型
have + a pen pal
be pen pals + with + someone
用法筆記
Often used in the plural form 'pen pals' when referring to the relationship: 'Nikhil and Yuki are pen pals.'