单词 | pouch |
释义 | pouch n. & v. --n   1. a small bag or detachable outside pocket.   2. a baggy area of skin underneath the eyes etc.   3. a a pocket-like receptacle in which marsupials carry their young during lactation. b any of several similar structures in various animals, e.g. in the cheeks of rodents.   4. a soldier's leather ammunition bag.   5. a lockable bag for mail or dispatches.   6. Bot. a baglike cavity, esp. the seed-vessel, in a plant. --vtr.   1. put or make into a pouch.   2. take possession of; pocket.   3. make (part of a dress etc.) hang like a pouch. Derivatives pouched adj. pouchy adj. Etymology: ME f. ONF pouche: cf. POKE(2) |
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