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purse

/purs/US // pɜrs //UK // (pɜːs) //

钱包,钱袋,钱夹,囊括了

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : handbag.
    • : Also called change purse [cheynj-purs] /ˈtʃeɪndʒ ˌpɜrs/ . a small bag, pouch, or case for carrying money.
    • : anything resembling a purse in appearance, use, etc.
    • : a sum of money offered as a prize or reward.
    • : a sum of money collected as a present or the like.
    • : money, resources, or wealth.
v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1

    pursed, purs·ing.

    • : to contract into folds or wrinkles; pucker: to purse one's lips.
    • : to put into a purse.

Phrases

  • purse strings
  • can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear

Synonyms & Antonyms

Examples

  • I learned to stuff down my emotions with handful after handful of cereal or clandestine candy bars, wrappers crumpled in my purse.

  • HighSpeedDaddyIt can be hard to find a lunch box that doesn’t look like a purse or a toy.

  • I have a stick that stays on my vanity at home, and since it’s small enough to throw in a purse, I keep one in my pool bag too.

  • This pick comes with scientific guidance on feeding and can fit in your purse.

  • This item fits neatly in your bag or purse and provides the occasional dew when you need it the most.

  • On one summer lunch hour, Donna Ann Levonuk, 50, lifted a tub of diaper cream priced at $43.98—and then stashed it in her purse.

  • The padlocked door down the hall was now open, and I found my purse.

  • She retrieved a cigarette from her purse and lit it without moving her face away from the screen.

  • Available at La Boîte SHOLDIT Clutch Wrap Purse, $70 We can all agree the dorky passport holders and money bags have got to go.

  • These are longer than traditional ads, mini-stories, designed to pull at heart- as well as purse strings.

  • Absently his hands wandered through the pockets, and found his purse and the money in an outside pocket.

  • I turned round, thrust my purse into the lap of the nearest, and with a light heart led the lady back to the hotel.

  • Ernest called out; "you have forgotten your money;" and he held out a purse, but the man was gone.

  • A Cremona Violin is, to a rich amateur, a loadstone that is sure to attract the shining metal from the depths of his purse.

  • She did not smile as she opened a black purse and produced an envelope which she handed to Delancy.