- 1n/ˈpoʊstɪdʒ/ · /ˈpəʊstɪdʒ/郵資
The money you pay to send a letter or package by post.
「postage」核心意思是「寄信或包裹要付的郵費」。核心畫面可以想成「把東西送出去要付的那筆錢」。常見說法：How much is the postage?；網購常寫 postage and packing（英）或 postage and handling（美）。跟 stamp 容易搞混——stamp 是郵票那張紙，postage 是這筆費用本身。
示範例句 · Example
How much is the postage for a postcard to Japan?
中文翻譯寄一張明信片到日本的郵資是多少？
常見搭配
postage and packing
郵資和包裝費（英）
the charge for packing and sending something you have bought (British English)
It's yours for thirteen dollars, including postage and packing.
postage and handling
郵資和手續／處理費（美）
the charge for packing and sending something you have bought (American English)
Please note that the prices do not include postage and handling.
include postage
價格已含郵資
to already cover the cost of sending by post in a price
Each album costs twenty dollars, including postage.
pay the postage
付郵資
to pay the money needed to send something by post
The sender pays the postage if the books come back.
postage stamp
郵票
a small sticky paper that shows postage has been paid
Mei stuck a postage stamp on the corner of the envelope.
airmail / return postage
航空郵資／回郵郵資
postage for airmail delivery, or for sending something back
Add one dollar for return postage with your reply.
意思相近
mailing costshipping costpostal rate
core核心畫面
From the word’s history
post + -age.
就是 post「郵寄」加上 -age。
Picture the counter at the post office: you put the parcel on the scales, and the number that comes up is what it costs to move it. Not the stamp, not the envelope — the charge itself for carrying your letter to where it is going.
原始詞典資料3 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
postagenoun/ˈpəʊstɪd͡ʒ/
- 1
The system of transporting letters, and parcels.
- 2
The charge for posting an item.
- 3
The postage stamp, or similar token, affixed to an item of post as evidence of payment.
摘錄自 英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary，已精簡格式；依 CC BY-SA 4.0 授權使用，改動後的內容同樣以此授權提供。