night letter

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A telegram sent overnight at a reduced rate for delivery on the morning of the following day, typically with a minimum charge for 25 words or less. historical
    — "Someone named Rose sent a night letter from Philadelphia asking for six free tickets. A relative?"
  2. An unsigned leaflet distributed clandestinely.
    — Until one night this October, when members of Echo Company, from the Second Battalion, Fourth Marines […] quietly sneaked into Juz Ghoray and posted signs on people’s doors and windows. Their idea was to co-opt the infamous Taliban practice of intimidating government sympathizers with night letters threatening execution.

词形变化

night letters plural
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