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情人節盼著快遞
雙十一盼著快遞
雙十二盼著快遞
聖誕節盼著快遞
元旦節盼著快遞
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我們最喜歡聽到的話是——「您的快遞!」
誰是最可愛的人?——快遞小哥!
那麼問題來了,「快遞小哥」用英語怎麼說呢?
「快遞小哥」其實就是快遞員,由於快遞員大都為男性,所以人們親切地稱之為「快遞小哥」。
英語中有一個詞叫courier,Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English對它的解釋是:a person or company that is paid to take packages somewhere。看來courier就是快遞員的意思,而且還可以指快遞公司。
此外,delivery man也可以指快遞小哥,man在口語中還可以說成guy,所以delivery guy也可以指快遞小哥。如果送快遞的是女性(「快遞小姐」),那就是delivery girl。
順便說一下,「這是你的快遞」可以說成
Here's your parcel/Here's your package.
英式英語用parcel多一些,美式英語用package多一些。
以下資料供大家參考:
【例】Individual couriers like Mr Yang hand-deliver about 100 packages a day.
(來源:BBC官網,地址為http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-30572809)
【例】Mr Yang is a delivery man, working long shifts for one of China's busiest courier companies.
(來源:BBC官網,地址為http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-30572809)
【例】This group of twenty-odd Indians gather early every Friday, shedding their weekday personas as engineers, newspaper delivery guys and abaya salesmen, to become the Eleven Star team. Playing gully, or street cricket, these men have formed a brotherhood that exists on and off the field.
(來源:BBC官網,地址為http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p04pr3j7)
【例】A woman has admitted she did not stop after a road accident which killed a 14-year-old newspaper delivery girl.
(來源:BBC官網,地址為http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/staffordshire/4631920.stm)
【例】Here's your cash.
(來源:Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's Dictionary 5th Edition)
【例】A parcel is something wrapped in paper, usually so that it can be sent to someone by post. (mainly BRIT; in AM, usually use package)
(來源:Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's Dictionary 5th Edition)
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