surface mail
surface mail — 名詞
1. a mail service that carries letters and parcels over land and water routes rathe
水陸郵件
經由陸路或海運而非空運的郵件服務
a mail service that carries letters and parcels over land and water routes rather than by aircraft, or the post itself sent this way
Jude sent the holiday gifts by surface mail to save money.
Jude 為了省錢，用水陸郵件寄送了節日禮物。
by surface mail — preposition pattern for transport method
The package from Tokyo took eight weeks to arrive by surface mail.
從東京寄出的包裹走水陸郵件，花了八週才到達。
Dewi chose surface mail for the heavy box of books to Canada.
Dewi 選擇用水陸郵件寄送那箱沉重的書到加拿大。
Hui sent the cookbooks by surface mail — airmail would have cost twice as much.
Hui 用水陸郵件寄送那些烹飪書——航空郵件的費用會貴上一倍。
Kian's birthday card arrived late because his aunt used surface mail.
Kian 的生日卡很晚才到，因為他阿姨用了水陸郵件。
- ground mail
refers only to land transport; surface mail also includes sea routes
- airmail
mail carried by aircraft, which is faster but more expensive
文法句型
by surface mail
send something (by) surface mail
用法筆記
Almost always uncountable; most commonly appears after 'by' (by surface mail). The phrase refers to the service itself, so 'by surface mail service' sounds unnatural.