| 释义 |
pursed, ppl. a.|pɜːst|
[f. purse v. + -ed.]
1. Drawn into close folds or wrinkles; drawn together, puckered. Usually with up.
1665Hooke Microgr. 148 The other..was usually purs'd or wrinckled in the bending of the knee. 1833H. Martineau Fr. Wines & Pol. i. 4 His large light blue eyes and pursed⁓up mouth. 1838Dickens O. Twist xvii, Mr. Brownlow looked apprehensively at Mr. Bumble's pursed-up countenance. 1891S. Baring-Gould Troubadour Land ii. 28 She sat scowling, with pursed lips. 1937V. Woolf Years 289 Maids..with their inscrutable, pursed-up faces. 1955P. Larkin Less Deceived 34 Threading my pursed-up way across the park.
2. Supplied with money. (See also purse v. 3.)
1893‘A. Hope’ Change of Air xv, The unending talks with fellows like-minded and like-pursed. |