| 释义 |
purse/pɜ:s/ n. & v.●n. 1 a small pouch of leather etc. for carrying money on the person (皮等制成的)小钱包 2 N. Amer. a handbag [北美]手提包 3 a receptacle resembling a purse in form or purpose 钱袋状事物 4 money, funds 金钱；资金 5 a sum collected as a present or given as a prize in a contest 礼金；奖金 ●v. 1 tr. (often foll.by 常后跟 up) pucker or contract (the lips) 使皱缩；使缩拢(嘴唇) 2 intr. become contracted and wrinkled 缩拢；皱缩 □ hold the purse strings have control of expenditure 控制开支 [Old English purs via medieval Latin bursa, byrsa ‘purse’ from Greek bursa ‘hide, leather’] |