email

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
英 /ˈiːmeɪl/    美 /ˈiˌmeɪl/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A system for sending messages and datas by means of a computer network, primarily the Internet, using the Simple Mail Transfer Protocol and the Internet Message Format. uncountable
    — He sent me his details via email.
  2. Enamel (“an opaque, glossy coating”). obsolete,rare
    — Set Naples courser to an asse, / Fine emerawde vnto greene glasse: / Set rich rubye to redd emayle, / The raven's plume to peacocke's tayle: / [...] / There shall no less an oddes be seene, / In myne from everye other Queene!
  3. The quantity of messages sent through an email system. uncountable
    — I am searching through my old email.
  4. A message being sent through email. countable
    — He sent me an email last week to remind me about the meeting.
  5. An email address. countable,informal
    — What’s your email?
动词 v.
  1. To send an email or emails to. transitive
    — She emailed me last week, asking about the status of the project.
  2. To send (data) through email. ditransitive,transitive
    — I’ll email you the link.
  3. To send, or compose and then send, one or more emails. intransitive
    — Most teenagers seem to spend almost the whole day emailing and surfing the Web.

词形变化

emails plural e-mail alternative E-mail alternative emails present,singular,third-person emailing participle,present emailed participle,past emailed past e-mail alternative E-mail alternative emails plural emayle alternative e-mail alternative E-mail alternative

词汇关系

衍生词
cold email e-barrassment email account e-mail address email bankruptcy email bomb email client emailee emailer Emailgate email ID email list email reader email storm emailware freemail junk email play-by-email registered email
相关词
webmail

词源

词源 1
Etymology tree
Ancient Greek ἤλεκτρον (ḗlektron)bor.
Latin ēlectrum
Proto-Indo-European *-ikos
Proto-Italic *-ikos
Latin -icus
New Latin ēlectricusbor.
English electric
Proto-Indo-European *h₁ey-
Proto-Indo-European *h₁éyti
Proto-Hellenic *éimi
Ancient Greek εἶμι (eîmi)der.
English ion
English electron
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Latin -icuslbor.
Old French -iquebor.
Middle English -ik
English -ic
English electronic
Proto-Germanic *malhō
Frankish *malhabor.
Medieval Latin malader.
Anglo-Norman malebor.
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Old French malebor.
Middle English male
English mail
English electronic mailabbr.
English email
The noun is an abbreviation of electronic mail. First attested in the 1970s. The verb is derived from the noun, by analogy with mail (“to send through the mail”).
词源 2
Borrowed from Middle French email, from Old French esmal (“enamel”) (modern French émail (“enamel; vitreous enamel; glaze (coating on pottery)”)), from Medieval Latin smaltum (“enamel”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)meld- (“to melt; to soften”). Doublet of smalt, smalto, and schmaltz.
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