philately
philately 英 [fɪˈlætəli] 美 [fɪˈlætli]
n. 集邮；集邮者
名词复数:philatelies
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- n. 集邮；集邮者
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1. The world of philately soon got to know the rings.
集邮界很快就知道了奥运五环标志。
- philately (n.) "stamp-collecting," 1865, from French philatélie, coined by French stamp collector Georges Herpin (in "Le Collectionneur de Timbres-poste," Nov. 15, 1864), from Greek phil- "loving" (see philo-) + ateleia "exemption from tax," the closest word Herpin could find in ancient Greek to the concept of "postage stamp" (from a- "without" + telos "tax;" see toll (n.)). A reminder of the original function of postage stamps, now often forgotten: the cost of letter-carrying formerly was paid by the recipient; stamps indicated it had been pre-paid by the sender, thus the letters were "carriage-free."
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