post（邮递）：古代用来传递信函的驿站

Day 339 morning 2021

post（邮递）：古代用来传递信函的驿站

古代的文明古国普遍建立过发布政令、传递信息的邮驿制度。

在幅员辽阔的国度，一般都会修筑驿道并建立驿站，利用骑马、马车等方式传递官方文书。

古罗马继承了波斯的邮驿制度，在整个地中海地区建立了驿道网，并按照一定距离建立驿站。

西方谚语“条条道路通罗马”就反映了古罗马驿道的发达。

在拉丁语中表示“驿站”的单词是 postum ，本意就是“ place where one is stationed ”（歇脚住宿的地方）。

英语中与邮政有关的单词就来源于此。

post： [pəʊst] n. 岗位，邮件，标杆 vt. 邮递，张贴，公布

postman： ['pəʊs(t)mən] n. 邮递员，邮差

postal： ['pəʊst(ə)l] adj. 邮政的，邮局的 n. 明信片

“That is so. And if you are good I will give you a string, too, so that you can tie him during the day, and a post to tie him to.”

But the little prince seemed shocked by this offer, “Tie him? What a queer idea!”

“But if you don’t tie him,” I said, “he will wander off somewhere, and get lost.”

My friend broke into another peal of laughter, “But where do you think he would go?”

“Anywhere. Straight ahead of him.”

Then the little prince said, earnestly, “That doesn’t matter. Where I live, everything is so small!”