email/'iːmeɪl/

n. an electronic mail system or a message sent using such a system

v. send an email to sb

n. [U; C] 电子邮件：Please contact me by email. 请通过电子邮件与我联系。

◇an email address 电子邮件地址

◇send/get an email 发送/收到一封电子邮件

v. [T] 给…发电子邮件；用电子邮件发送：He emailed me yesterday. 他昨天发了电子邮件给我。

◇[email sth to sb = email sb sth] He emailed the document to me. = He emailed me the document. 他把文件用电子邮件发给了我。

构词electronic + mail

同根 airmail; mailbox

音组-ail/-eɪl/

fail; email; nail; rail; sail; tail

用法email也可写作e-mail或Email，但email更常用。电子邮件地址中的@读作单词at。

用法常用write an email asking/telling/saying ... 结构说出信的内容。如：He sent me an email explaining his absence. 他发了封电子邮件给我，解释他为何缺席。