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post-grad /'paustgraed; NAmE 'poust-/ noun [informal) a POSTGRADUATE
post gradu ate /,paust'graed3uat; NAmE .poust-/ (also informal post-grad /'paustgraed; NAmE 'poust-/) noun [especially BrE) a person who already
holds a first degree and who is doing advanced study or research; a graduate student postgraduate students Wfl
£ o a postgraduate course c> note at stu
dent
.post-'haste adv. (literary) as quickly as you
can AUE: to depart post-haste
post hoc /,paust 'hDk; NAmE .poust 'ha:k/ adj. (from Latin, formal) (of an argument, etc. stating that
one event is the cause of
another because it happened first WJg%^
Jg 0 0 6X a post hoc explan-
ationm^Bm^mm
post hu mous /'pDstjumas; NAmE 'pa:st Jamas/ adj. [usually before noun] happening, done,
published, etc. after a person has died ?EJg££ ( SfcftL ) W: a
posthumous award for bravery ^Jg^fSffiJ^Il^ ► post- humously adv.
post-ie /'pausti; NAmE 'pou-/ noun [BrE, informal)
= POSTMAN
, post-in-'dus-trial adj. [only before noun] (of a place or society no longer relying on heavy industry
(= the production of steel, large machinery, etc.) Jg I
ikftW; XMuMXM
post ing /'paustip; NAmE 'pou-/ noun 1 [especially BrE) an act of sending sb
to a particular place to do their job, especially for a limited period of time
§£: an
overseas posting 2 a message sent to a
discussion
group on the Internet ( ) WX,
m&; ft-t
'Post-it™ (also 'Post-it note) noun a small piece of
coloured, sticky paper that you use for writing a note on, and that can be
easily removed ^ J$! ff* ^
m-, mm
post-man /'paustman; NAmE 'poust-/, post-woman /'paustwuman; NAmE 'poust-/ noun [pi. -men /-man/, -women /-wimin/) (also informal post-ie) [especially BrE) a person whose job is
to collect and deliver letters, etc. toPii M; WW: — see also mailman .postman’s 'knock (BrE) [NAmE 'post office) noun [u] a children’s game
in which imaginary letters are exchanged for kisses )
post-mark /’paustmaik; NAmE ‘poustmairk/ noun an official mark
placed over the stamp on a letter, etc. that shows when and where it was posted
and makes it impossible to use the stamp again ftPSfc ► post mark verb [VN] [usually passive] : The card was postmarked
Tokyo 9th March. t$fM 3 J! 9 0 ft) AMR.
post master /’paustma:st0(r); NAmE 'poustmaestar/, post mist ress /'paustmistras; NAmE 'poust-/ noun a person who is in
charge of a post office post mod ern /.paust'mDdn; NAmE .poust'mardarn/ adj. connected with or
influenced by postmodernism Jg M
fihkW,
post-mod ern ism /.paust'mndamzam; NAmE .poust- 'maidarn-/ noun [U] a style and
movement in art, architecture,
literature, etc. in the late 20th century that reacts against modern styles,
for example by mixing features from traditional and modern styles f§
[ 20
) — compare modernism ► post- mod-ern-ist noun, adj. [usually before noun] post-modi-fier /.paust'mndifaia(r); NAmE .poust'maid-/ noun [grammar iff-?&) a word,
such as an adjective or adverb, that describes another word or group of words,
or restricts its/their meaning in some way, and is placed after it/them gi§{<p iS]; Jg fg£ ffr ft : In ‘run fast’, the adverb
fast’ is a postmodifier. run fast X, gij iff] fast Jj| Jg S ffc M o — compare modifier, PREMODIFIER
post-mortem
/,paust 'maitam; NAmE .poust 'moirtam/ noun 1 (also post-,mortem examination)
~
(on sb) a medical examination of
the body of a dead person in order to find out how they died JJ&F; F $$ ff
<J EY371
autopsy : to do/conduct/carry out a
post-mortem ff piJF^iiE 0 The post-mortem on the
child revealed that she had been poisoned. J&F iJE T Jt M A # ftj „
2 ~ (on sth) a discussion or an
examination of an event after it has happened, especially in order to find out
why it failed |t g g 1 ( M nil vr ) : to hold a postmortem
on the party’s election defeat
post-natal /.paust 'neitl; NAmE .poust/ [BrE) [NAmE post-partum) adj. [only before noun] connected with the
period after the birth of a child 7* Jg fit); jfr Wi jg ft]: post-natal care Jg^3 —compare antenatal, prenatal
.post-,natal de
pression [BrE) [NAmE ,post- partum
degression) noun [U] a medical condition
in which a woman feels very sad and anxious in the period after her baby is
born FJgWfP ( lE )
1
[C] a place where
you can buy stamps, send letters, etc. : Where’s the main post office? flp
® & J^|E 0 J L ? o You can buy your stamps at the post office, Jfo nj
O
a post
office counter f*jftj n
2
the Post Office [sing.] [abbr.
: He works for the Post
Office. ftp jJ&
IfR H X fF 0
3
[U] [NAmE) = postman’s knock ' post office box noun = PO box .post-'op-era-tive adj. [only
before noun] [medical E)
connected with the period after a
medical operation XX Ji§ ftj: post-operative complications/pain/care XX
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.post-'paid
adj. [only before noun] that you can send free
because the charge has already been paid AR$fE#ftj: a post-paid envelope B0ARi£fftj,(]tij‘
►
.post-'paid
adv. post-partum /.paust 'paitam; NAmE .poust 'pairtam/ adj. [only before noun] [NAmE) = post-natal .post-.partum de'pression noun [u] [NAmE) = postnatal DEPRESSION
post-pone /pa'spaun; NAmE pou'spoun/ verb ~ sth (to/until sth) to arrange for an event,
etc. to take place at a later time or date 3S i§ ; $]; ECT71 put
off : [VN] The game has already
been postponed three times. 0
We’ll
have to post
pone the meeting until
next week.
o 0 [V -ing] It was an unpopular
decision to postpone building the new hospital. Mifir^llrEl^ft) A'frftJo — compare cancel(I) ►
post
pone ment noun [U, C]: Riots led to the postponement of local
elections. „
postposition /.paustpa'zijn; NAmE .poust-/ noun [grammar i|j- j&) a word or
part of a word that comes after the word it relates to, for example ‘-ish’ in ‘greenish’
jgSis]; post-pos-ition-al /-Janl/
adj.
post-pran-dial /.paust'praendial; NAmE .poust-/ adj. [usually before noun] [formal or humorous) happening immediately
after a meal Jg ; ItJgfr5] post-pro duction adj. [usually before noun] postproduction work on music or on
films/movies is done after recording or filming (
. Js30: post-production
editing fg►
,post- pro duc-tion noun [U] The movie is now in
postproduction and will be released next month. @
HUJEiEmWBMMft,
'post room noun [BrE) the department of a
company that deals with sending and receiving mail ( -&• ^] (ft )
post-script /'paustskript; NAmE ‘poust-/ noun ~ (to sth) 1 [abbr. PS) an extra message that
you add at the end of a letter after your signature ( jjDX'fsXfft ) PffW, X R 2 extra facts or
information about a story, an event,