po box
po box — 名詞
1. a numbered, locked compartment rented from the post office; your letters are del
郵政信箱
在郵局租用、有編號的收信箱
a numbered, locked compartment rented from the post office; your letters are delivered there and kept safe until you come to collect them.
Christopher rents a PO box so his customers never see his home address.
Christopher 租了一個郵政信箱，這樣客戶就看不到他的住家地址。
rent a PO box for privacy
Please send your reply to PO Box 482, and the office will keep it for me.
請把回覆寄到郵政信箱 482 號，郵局會幫我保管。
PO Box + number as a mailing address
Every Friday, Talia drives into town to empty her PO box at the post office.
每週五，Talia 都會開車進城，到郵局把她的郵政信箱清空。
collect mail from a PO box
The charity asked donors to mail cheques to its PO box rather than the office.
這個慈善機構請捐款人把支票寄到它的郵政信箱，而不是辦公室。
Because Emre travels often, a PO box keeps his letters safe while he is away.
因為 Emre 經常旅行，郵政信箱能在他外出時把信件保管好。
- rent a PO box
- PO box number
- empty a PO box
- mail to a PO box
- post office box
the full form; 'PO box' is the everyday short version
- mailbox
American; broader — can mean a home letterbox, not only a rented post-office one
文法句型
PO Box + number
rent / hire a PO box
用法筆記
Written forms vary: 'PO Box', 'P.O. Box', and 'post office box' all refer to the same thing. The box is identified by a number, so the address is usually written as 'PO Box' plus that number.