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。
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。
- 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.