信停下來等人的地方
兩個意思是同一個畫面的兩種大小：一個是地址，一個是箱子。
noun · C1
An address where someone's letters and parcels are sent, which is not the place where that person lives.
代收信件的地址
核心畫面
You can think of a mail drop as the place where the post stops and waits. Letters travel, then they stop somewhere, and only later does a person come and collect them. What makes the word useful is that the stopping place and the person are pulled apart on purpose: the mail is here, and you are somewhere else. Make the stopping place a whole address and you get the first meaning; shrink it to one box in a post office and you get the second.
可以把 mail drop 想成信停下來等人的那個點。信一路寄過來，停在某個地方，之後人才來把它拿走。這個詞有用的地…更多收起
可以把 mail drop 想成信停下來等人的那個點。信一路寄過來，停在某個地方，之後人才來把它拿走。這個詞有用的地方在於：停信的地方和人是刻意分開的——信在這裡，你在別的地方。把這個停信點放大成一整個地址，就是第一個意思；縮小成郵局裡的一個箱子，就是第二個意思。One branch