out-tray
/ˈaʊt treɪ/ (bre, ipa) · /ˈaʊt treɪ/ (ame, ipa)
out-tray — 名詞
1. a box or tray kept on an office desk, used for holding letters, documents, or fi
發文匣
辦公桌上存放待寄出文件的容器
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
The receptionist checked her out-tray and found three parcels waiting for the courier.
櫃檯人員檢查她的發文匣，發現有三個包裹在等快遞員收件。
collocation: check one's out-tray
Minh placed the signed contracts in his out-tray so the admin assistant could mail them.
Minh 把簽好的合約放進他的發文匣，讓行政助理寄出去。
Every Friday afternoon, Folake empties her out-tray and files the documents in the cabinet.
每個星期五下午，Folake 會清空她的發文匣，把文件歸檔到檔案櫃。
The out-tray on Meera's desk was overflowing with reports that needed to be posted.
Meera 桌上的發文匣堆滿了需要寄送的報告。
Put the completed forms in my out-tray, and I will forward them to the manager.
把填好的表格放在我的發文匣，我會轉交給經理。
- outbox
used more often for email; out-tray is always a physical container on a desk
- in-tray
holds incoming documents that need to be dealt with