单词 | pouch |
释义 | pouch ![]() n. 1. A small bag often closing with a drawstring and used especially for carrying loose items in one's pocket. 2. A bag or sack used to carry mail or diplomatic dispatches. 3. A leather bag or case for carrying powder or small-arms ammunition. 4. A sealed plastic or foil container used for packaging food or drink. 5. Something resembling a bag in shape: the pouches under one's eyes. 6. Zoology A saclike structure, such as the cheek pockets of the gopher or the external abdominal pocket in which marsupials carry their young. 7. Anatomy A pocketlike space in the body: the pharyngeal pouch. 8. Scots A pocket. 9. Archaic A small purse for coins. v. pouched, pouch·ing, pouch·es v.tr. 1. To place in or as if in a pouch; pocket. 2. To cause to resemble a pouch. 3. To swallow. Used of certain birds or fishes. v.intr. To assume the form of a pouch or pouchlike cavity. [Middle English, from Old French, of Germanic origin.] pouchy adj. |
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