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柱,杆,准星,邮件,邮政,标竿,职位,岗位,哨所,兵营张帖,邮递,公布;  (将信件发送到USENET的动作,就称为邮寄)

资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Post \Post\, a. [F. aposter to place in a post or position,
   generally for a bad purpose.]
   Hired to do what is wrong; suborned. [Obs.] --Sir E. Sandys.

Post \Post\, n. [AS., fr. L. postis, akin to ponere, positum, to
   place. See {Position}, and cf. 4th {Post}.]
   1. A piece of timber, metal, or other solid substance, fixed,
      or to be fixed, firmly in an upright position, especially
      when intended as a stay or support to something else; a
      pillar; as, a hitching post; a fence post; the posts of a
      house.

            They shall take of the blood, and strike it on the
            two side posts and on the upper doorpost of the
            houses.                               --Ex. xii. 7.

            Then by main force pulled up, and on his shoulders
            bore, The gates of Azza, post and massy bar.
                                                  --Milton.

            Unto his order he was a noble post.   --Chaucer.

   Note: Post, in the sense of an upright timber or strut, is
         used in composition, in such words as king-post,
         queen-post, crown-post, gatepost, etc.

   2. The doorpost of a victualer's shop or inn, on which were
      chalked the scores of customers; hence, a score; a debt.
      [Obs.]

            When God sends coin I will discharge your post. --S.
                                                  Rowlands.

   {From pillar to post}. See under {Pillar}.

   {Knight of the post}. See under {Knight}.

   {Post hanger} (Mach.), a bearing for a revolving shaft,
      adapted to be fastened to a post.

   {Post hole}, a hole in the ground to set the foot of a post
      in.

   {Post mill}, a form of windmill so constructed that the whole
      fabric rests on a vertical axis firmly fastened to the
      ground, and capable of being turned as the direction of
      the wind varies.

   {Post and stall} (Coal Mining), a mode of working in which
      pillars of coal are left to support the roof of the mine.

Post \Post\, n. [F. poste, LL. posta station, post (where horses
   were kept), properly, a fixed or set place, fem. fr. L.
   positus placed, p. p. of ponere. See {Position}, and cf.
   {Post} a pillar.]
   1. The place at which anything is stopped, placed, or fixed;
      a station. Specifically:
      (a) A station, or one of a series of stations, established
          for the refreshment and accommodation of travelers on
          some recognized route; as, a stage or railway post.
      (b) A military station; the place at which a soldier or a
          body of troops is stationed; also, the troops at such
          a station.
      (c) The piece of ground to which a sentinel's walk is
          limited.

   2. A messenger who goes from station; an express; especially,
      one who is employed by the government to carry letters and
      parcels regularly from one place to another; a letter
      carrier; a postman.

            In certain places there be always fresh posts, to
            carry that further which is brought unto them by the
            other.                                --Abp. Abbot.

            I fear my Julia would not deign my lines, Receiving
            them from such a worthless post.      --Shak.

   3. An established conveyance for letters from one place or
      station to another; especially, the governmental system in
      any country for carrying and distributing letters and
      parcels; the post office; the mail; hence, the carriage by
      which the mail is transported.

            I send you the fair copy of the poem on dullness,
            which I should not care to hazard by the common
            post.                                 --Pope.

   4. Haste or speed, like that of a messenger or mail carrier.
      [Obs.] ``In post he came.'' --Shak.

   5. One who has charge of a station, especially of a postal
      station. [Obs.]

            He held office of postmaster, or, as it was then
            called, post, for several years.      --Palfrey.

   6. A station, office, or position of service, trust, or
      emolument; as, the post of duty; the post of danger.

            The post of honor is a private station. --Addison.

   7. A size of printing and writing paper. See the Table under
      {Paper}.

   {Post and pair}, an old game at cards, in which each player a
      hand of three cards. --B. Jonson.

   {Post bag}, a mail bag.

   {Post bill}, a bill of letters mailed by a postmaster.

   {Post chaise}, or {Post coach}, a carriage usually with four
      wheels, for the conveyance of travelers who travel post.
      

   {Post day}, a day on which the mall arrives or departs.

   {Post hackney}, a hired post horse. --Sir H. Wotton.

   {Post horn}, a horn, or trumpet, carried and blown by a
      carrier of the public mail, or by a coachman.

   {Post horse}, a horse stationed, intended, or used for the
      post.

   {Post hour}, hour for posting letters. --Dickens.

   {Post office}.
      (a) An office under governmental superintendence, where
          letters, papers, and other mailable matter, are
          received and distributed; a place appointed for
          attending to all business connected with the mail.
      (b) The governmental system for forwarding mail matter.

   {Postoffice order}. See {Money order}, under {Money}.

   {Post road}, or {Post route}, a road or way over which the
      mail is carried.

   {Post town}.
      (a) A town in which post horses are kept.
      (b) A town in which a post office is established by law.
          

   {To ride post}, to ride, as a carrier of dispatches, from
      place to place; hence, to ride rapidly, with as little
      delay as possible.

   {To travel post}, to travel, as a post does, by relays of
      horses, or by keeping one carriage to which fresh horses
      are attached at each stopping place.

Post \Post\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Posted}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Posting}.]
   1. To attach to a post, a wall, or other usual place of
      affixing public notices; to placard; as, to post a notice;
      to post playbills.

   Note: Formerly, a large post was erected before the sheriff's
         office, or in some public place, upon which legal
         notices were displayed. This way of advertisement has
         not entirely gone of use.

   2. To hold up to public blame or reproach; to advertise
      opprobriously; to denounce by public proclamation; as, to
      post one for cowardice.

            On pain of being posted to your sorrow Fail not, at
            four, to meet me.                     --Granville.

   3. To enter (a name) on a list, as for service, promotion, or
      the like.

   4. To assign to a station; to set; to place; as, to post a
      sentinel. ``It might be to obtain a ship for a lieutenant,
      . . . or to get him posted.'' --De Quincey.

   5. (Bookkeeping) To carry, as an account, from the journal to
      the ledger; as, to post an account; to transfer, as
      accounts, to the ledger.

            You have not posted your books these ten years.
                                                  --Arbuthnot.

   6. To place in the care of the post; to mail; as, to post a
      letter.

   7. To inform; to give the news to; to make (one) acquainted
      with the details of a subject; -- often with up.

            Thoroughly posted up in the politics and literature
            of the day.                           --Lond. Sat.
                                                  Rev.

   {To post off}, to put off; to delay. [Obs.] ``Why did I,
      venturously, post off so great a business?'' --Baxter.

   {To post over}, to hurry over. [Obs.] --Fuller.

Post \Post\, v. i. [Cf. OF. poster. See 4th {Post}.]
   1. To travel with post horses; figuratively, to travel in
      haste. ``Post seedily to my lord your husband.'' --Shak.

            And post o'er land and ocean without rest. --Milton.

   2. (Man.) To rise and sink in the saddle, in accordance with
      the motion of the horse, esp. in trotting. [Eng.]

Post \Post\, adv.
   With post horses; hence, in haste; as, to travel post.

资料来源 : WordNet®

post
     n 1: the position where someone (as a guard or sentry) stands or
          is assigned to stand; "a soldier manned the entrance
          post"; "a sentry station" [syn: {station}]
     2: military installation at which a body of troops is
        stationed; "this military post provides an important
        source of income for the town nearby"; "there is an
        officer's club on the post" [syn: {military post}]
     3: a job in an organization; "he occupied a post in the
        treasury" [syn: {position}, {berth}, {office}, {spot}, {billet},
         {place}, {situation}]
     4: an upright consisting of a piece of timber or metal fixed
        firmly in an upright position; "he set a row of posts in
        the ground and strung barbwire between them"
     5: United States aviator who in 1933 made the first solo flight
        around the world (1899-1935) [syn: {Wiley Post}]
     6: United States female author who wrote a book and a
        syndicated newspaper column on etiquette (1872-1960) [syn:
         {Emily Post}, {Emily Price Post}]
     7: United States manufacturer of breakfast cereals and Postum
        (1854-1914) [syn: {C. W. Post}, {Charles William Post}]
     8: any particular collection of letters or packages that is
        delivered; "your mail is on the table"; "is there any post
        for me?"; "she was opening her post" [syn: {mail}]
     9: a pole or stake set up to mark something (as the start or
        end of a race track); "a pair of posts marked the goal";
        "the corner of the lot was indicated by a stake" [syn: {stake}]
     10: the system whereby messages are transmitted via the post
         office; "the mail handles billions of items every day";
         "he works for the United States mail service"; "in
         England they call mail `the post'" [syn: {mail}, {mail
         service}, {postal service}]
     11: the delivery and collection of letters and packages; "it
         came by the first post"; "if you hurry you'll catch the
         post"

post
     v 1: affix in a public place or for public notice; "post a
          warning"
     2: publicize with, or as if with, a poster; "I'll post the news
        on the bulletin board"
     3: assign to a post; put into a post; "The newspaper posted him
        in Timbuktu"
     4: assign to a station [syn: {station}, {base}, {send}, {place}]
     5: display, as of records in sports games
     6: enter on a public list
     7: transfer (entries) from one account book to another [syn: {carry}]
     8: ride Western style and bob up and down in the saddle in in
        rhythm with a horse's trotting gait
     9: mark with a stake; "stake out the path" [syn: {stake}]
     10: put up; "post a sign"; "post a warning at the dump" [syn: {put
         up}]
     11: cause to be directed or transmitted to another place; "send
         me your latest results"; "I'll mail you the paper when
         it's written" [syn: {mail}, {send}]
     12: mark or expose as infamous; "She was branded a loose woman"
         [syn: {brand}]

资料来源 : Free On-Line Dictionary of Computing

POST
     
        {power-on self-test}

post
     
         To send a message to a {mailing list} or
        {newsgroup}.  Usually implies that the message is sent
        indiscriminately to multiple users, in contrast to "mail"
        which implies one or more deliberately selected individual
        recipients.
     
        You should only post a message if you think it will be of
        interest to a significant proportion of the readers of the
        group or list, otherwise you should use private {electronic
        mail} instead.  See {netiquette}.
     
        [{Jargon File}]
     
        (1997-12-04)