post-it note
post-it note — noun
1. a small square of paper from the Post-it brand that has a strip of light glue al
a small square of paper from the Post-it brand that has a strip of light glue along one edge so you can stick it onto surfaces and remove it again easily, used especially for short reminder notes
Talia left a yellow post-it note on the fridge with the shopping list.
collocation: leave + post-it note + on + surface
The librarian marked the pages with pink post-it notes so she could find them later.
collocation: mark + with + post-it note
Rohan wrote his phone number on a post-it note and stuck it on the board.
A pile of blue post-it notes covered the desk where the team had brainstormed ideas.
Before the exam, Bilal used post-it notes to label each chapter of his textbook.
- sticky note
the general, non-branded term for the same product; 'sticky note' is preferred in Taiwanese English when you do not mean the specific 3M brand
- sticker
unlike a post-it note, a sticker is designed for permanent or semi-permanent attachment and is usually decorative or used as a label
文法句型
a + post-it note
post-it note + on + [surface]
用法筆記
Although 'Post-it' is a registered trademark of the 3M company, 'post-it note' is commonly used as a generic term for any small sticky note. Many speakers shorten it to just 'post-it' in informal speech (e.g., 'I wrote it on a post-it').