| 单词 | purse |
| 释义 | purse (once / 298 pages) 1n 2v Though purses are mostly carried by women, this is the kind of purse anyone would love to bring home: it's a prize, usually consisting of money. The most common meaning of purse, as a woman's bag, can definitely help you remember the "prize" meaning of purse, because a woman who won a purse could carry her winnings in a purse. The non-bag type of purse is usually associated with sporting events: boxers and jockeys win purses. Other times, purse is used to describe money won in another context, like a photography contest. Another meaning is totally different: if you pucker or contract your lips, you're pursing them. WORD FAMILYpurse: pursed, purseed, purses, pursing USAGE EXAMPLESAt that point, Mr. Trump, otherwise expansive and genial, sat with narrowed eyes and pursed lips, like a schoolboy who’d just been lectured. New York Times(Jan 03, 2017) Brooklyn rapper Conceited's pursed lips are the physical embodiment of "you thought." Los Angeles Times(Dec 28, 2016) This drains the taxpayers’ purse and patience and emotions. Washington Times(Dec 28, 2016) 1 1n a container used for carrying money and small personal items or accessories (especially by women) Syn|Hypo|Hyper bag, handbag, pocketbook clutch, clutch bag a woman's strapless purse that is carried in the hand etuismall ornamental ladies' bag for small articles evening baga handbag used with evening wear reticulea woman's drawstring handbag; usually made of net or beading or brocade; used in 18th and 19th centuries shoulder baga large handbag that can be carried by a strap looped over the shoulder container any object that can be used to hold things (especially a large metal boxlike object of standardized dimensions that can be loaded from one form of transport to another) 2n a small bag for carrying money Hyper bag a flexible container with a single opening 3n a sum of money spoken of as the contents of a money purse he made the contribution out of his own purse he and his wife shared a common purse Hyper amount, amount of money, sum, sum of money a quantity of money 4n a sum of money offered as a prize 2the purse barely covered the winner's expenses Hyper amount, amount of money, sum, sum of money a quantity of money 1v contract one's lips into a rounded shape Hypo|Hyper pooch, pooch out round one's lips as if intending to kiss round, round off, round out make round 2v gather or contract into wrinkles or folds; pucker purse ones's lips Syn|Hyper wrinkle contract make smaller |
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