courier

noun

/ˈkʊriə(r)/

/ˈkʊriər/

a person or company whose job is to take packages or important papers somewhere（递送包裹或重要文件的）信使，通讯员，专递公司
- We sent the documents by courier.我们派了信使送交这些文件。
- I’ll send a courier with the blueprints.我会派人把设计图送达。
- Urgent deliveries of medicine may be sent by motorcycle courier.需紧急递送的药物可以通过摩托车投递员送。
Topics Transport by car or lorryc1, Jobsc1
Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- drug
- motorbike
- motorcycle
- …
verb + courier
- act as
- send
- use
- …
(British English) a person who is employed by a travel company to give advice and help to a group of tourists on holiday（旅游公司的）导游Topics Holidaysc2, Jobsc2

词源late Middle English (denoting a person sent to run with a message): originally from Old French coreor; later from French courier (now courrier), from Italian corriere; based on Latin currere ‘to run’.

courier

verb

/ˈkʊriə(r)/

/ˈkʊriər/

动词形式

present simple I / you / we / they courier	/ˈkʊriə(r)/ /ˈkʊriər/
he / she / it couriers	/ˈkʊriəz/ /ˈkʊriərz/
past simple couriered	/ˈkʊriəd/ /ˈkʊriərd/
past participle couriered	/ˈkʊriəd/ /ˈkʊriərd/
-ing form couriering	/ˈkʊriərɪŋ/ /ˈkʊriərɪŋ/

courier something to send a package, important papers, etc. by courier (= not by normal post)（递送包裹或重要文件的）信使，通讯员，专递公司
- Courier that letter—it needs to get there today.那封信必须今天到达，用专递寄吧。