purse
noun
uk/pɜːs/us/pɝːs/pursenoun(CONTAINER)
A2[C]UK(USchange purse)
asmallcontainerformoney, usually used by a woman:
(常指女用)钱包aleatherpurse皮革钱包
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wallet
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[C]US
ahandbag
(尤指女式)手提包,手袋digibabe/iStock/Getty Images Plus/GettyImages
- Shetippedthecontentsof her purse out onto thetable.
- She had her pursesnatchedwhile she was intown.
Containers for carrying personal possessions
- attaché case
- baggage
- baggage allowance
- billfold
- bindle
- briefcase
- fanny pack
- garment bag
- grip
- hand luggage
- handbag
- pannier
- pillbox
- pocketbook
- portmanteau
- rucksack
- sack
- saddlebag
- satchel
- washbag
pursenoun(AMOUNT TO SPEND)
[Cusually singular]
thetotalamountofmoneythat anorganizationorgovernmenthasavailableforspending:
(机构或政府的)备用金,可用的资金,财力Having a lot ofpeopleout ofworkplacesalargedrainon thepublicpurse.大量人口失业使政府的财力消耗很大。
Interest & capital
- annualized
- APR
- bank rate
- capital intensive
- concessional
- finance
- fund
- interest
- interest rate
- interest-bearing
- lending rate
- nest egg
- non-derivative
- Premium Bond
- simple interest
- sinking fund
- stock
- the purse stringsidiom
- vested interest
- working capital
pursenoun(PRIZE)
[C]
anamountofmoneythat isofferedas aprizein asportscompetition:
(体育竞赛中的)奖金Theplayersin thegolftournamentarecompetingfor a purseof£525,000.参加本次高尔夫锦标赛的选手正在为52.5万英镑的奖金而展开争夺。
Amounts of money
- bank
- bounty
- buck
- capital
- circumstance
- coin
- fisc
- have/getyoursnout in the troughidiom
- holdback
- kitty
- living wage
- means
- money supply
- payout
- pool
- slush fund
- sub
- sum
- surplus
- trough
Idiom
the purse strings
purse
verb[T]
uk/pɜːs/us/pɝːs/tobringyourlipstightlytogether so that theyformaroundedshape, usually as anexpressionofdisapproval:
撅(嘴)"I don'tapproveof thatkindoflanguage," she said, pursing herlips.“我不赞成那样子说话,”她撅着嘴说。
Grimacing and frowning
- bitchy resting face
- cloud
- curl
- death stare
- evil
- eye
- frown
- furrow
- glare
- if looks could kill...idiom
- knit
- knityourbrow/browsidiom
- look daggers atsomeoneidiom
- pout
- roll
- scowl
- screw
- scrunch
- sneer
- someone'sface fallsidiom