| 词汇 | post-haste |
| 词源 | post-haste. Used in England as early as the 16th century, post-haste refers to the post-horse system of delivering mail in those days. Much like the American Pony Express, this earlier system stationed men with fresh horses at intervals along the road, the letters taken relay-fashion at each post and delivered to the next post in haste. |
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