purse
英 [pɜːs]
美[pɝs]
- n. (女士)手提袋；(国家、家庭、团体等的) 财力
词态变化
复数: purses;第三人称单数: purses;过去式: pursed;过去分词: pursed;现在分词: pursing;
中文词源
purse 钱包
来自古英语pursa,钱包，小袋子，来自拉丁语bursa,皮革袋，词源同bursar,reimburse.
英英释意
- 1. a bag used for carrying money and small personal items or accessories (especially by women);
- "she reached into her bag and found a comb"
- 2. 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"
- 3. a small bag for carrying money
- 4. a sum of money offered as a prize;
- "the purse barely covered the winner's expenses"
英文词源
- purse
- purse: [OE] Purse was borrowed into Old English from late Latin bursa (source of English bursar [13] and reimburse [17]), which went back to Greek búrsa. This originally meant ‘skin, leather’, and hence came to be used for ‘wineskin, bag’. The Latin word was also borrowed into the Celtic languages, where it produced Gaelic sporan, source of English sporran.
=> bursar, reimburse, sporran - purse (n.)
- Old English pursa "little bag made of leather," especially for carrying money, from Medieval Latin bursa "leather purse" (source also of Old French borse, 12c., Modern French bourse; see bourse), from Late Latin bursa, variant of byrsa "hide," from Greek byrsa "hide, leather." Change of b- to p- perhaps by influence of Old English pusa, Old Norse posi "bag."
Meaning "woman's handbag" is attested from 1951. Meaning "sum of money collected as a prize in a race, etc.," is from 1640s. Purse-strings, figurative for "control of money," is from early 15c. Purse-snatcher first attested 1902 (earlier purse-picker, 1540s). The notion of "drawn together by a thong" also is behind purse-net (c. 1400). - purse (v.)
- c. 1300, "put in a purse;" c. 1600 as "draw together and wrinkle" (as the strings of a money bag), from purse (n.). Related: Pursed; pursing.
同义词辨析
bag, sack, handbag, purse
这些名词均含"袋"之意。
bag： 普通用词，指一般的口袋，有时也指手提包。
sack： 应用较窄，指较大的袋子，如麻袋等。
handbag： 指手提包，尤指女人用的手提包。
purse： 指钱包或小钱袋，在美国相当于handbag。
考试真题
- Feeling good, I emptied my purse change into the hands of a homeless man and helped a struggling woman reverse park.
2015年高考英语上海卷 语法填空 A 原文
- If they tell you otherwise, they're lying and will probably change what they want to purse within the first quarter of attendance.
2016年高考英语浙江卷（6月） 阅读理解 七选五 原文
- They tend to keep a tighter hold on their purse and consider eating at home a realistic alternative.
出自-2010年考研阅读原文
- They should start by discarding California’s lame argument that exploring the contents of a smart phone — a vast storehouse of digital information — is similar to, say, rifling through a suspect’s purse.
出自-2015年考研阅读原文
- They should start by discarding California's lame argument that exploring the contents of a smart phone—a vast storehouse of digital information—is similar to, say, going through a suspect's purse.
2015年考研真题（英语一）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ
词组搭配
hold the purse strings
have control of expenditure
掌握开支；掌管财权，掌管钱财
tighten (或 loosen) the purse strings
restrict (or increase) the amount of money available to be spent
紧缩（或增加）开支
实用场景例句
- I took a coin out of my purse and gave it to the child.
- 我从钱包取出一枚硬币给那个小孩。
牛津词典
- We have holidays to suit every purse.
- 我们有适合不同消费计划的度假安排。
牛津词典
- Should spending on the arts be met out of the public purse (= from government money) ?
- 花在艺术活动的开支应该由政府支付吗？
牛津词典
- She looked at me and then reached in her purse for cigarettes.
- 她看看我，接着伸手去包里拿香烟。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- The money could simply go into the public purse, helping to lower taxes.
- 这笔钱可以直接划入公共资金，帮助降低税收。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- She pursed her lips in disapproval.
- 她撅起嘴唇，表示不赞成。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- She got snagged by the police while stealing the purse.
- 她在偷钱包时被警察一把抓住了.
《简明英汉词典》
- He found a purse on the road.
- 他在路上捡到一个钱包.
《简明英汉词典》
- There's no money left in the purse.
- 钱包里没有钱了.
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- I ransacked the house looking for my purse.
- 我满房子各处找我的钱包.
《简明英汉词典》
- A wrinkled purse, a wrinkled face.
- 手中无钱, 愁容满面.
《简明英汉词典》
- She cried out that she had lost her purse.
- 她高喊钱包丢了.
《简明英汉词典》
- She lost her purse.
- 她的钱包遗失了.
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- He had his purse stolen by a pickpocket.
- 他的钱包被掏了.
《现代汉英综合大词典》
- The pickpocket pinched her purse and ran away.
- 扒手偷了她的皮夹子跑了.
《简明英汉词典》
- She drop ped her purse in the store.
- 她在商店丢失了钱包.
《现代英汉综合大词典》
- A beggar's purse is bottomless.
- 乞丐的口袋没有底.
《简明英汉词典》
- Where under the sun could I have put the purse?
- 我究竟把钱包放在哪儿了?
《简明英汉词典》
- I've lost my purse.
- 我的钱包丢了.
《现代汉英综合大词典》
- Whenever I'm hard up for money, he will empty his purse to help me.
- 每当我手头拮据的时候, 他总是倾囊相助.
《现代汉英综合大词典》
- The thief pinched her purse and ran away.
- 小偷偷了她的皮夹子跑了.
《简明英汉词典》
- The footballer was unwilling to play for a purse of less than $ 1, 000 , 000.
- 这名足球运动员不愿为100万美元以下的奖金踢球.
《简明英汉词典》
- Who ever holds the purse rules the house.
- 有钱就有势.
《简明英汉词典》
- Her red purse matches her shirt.
- 她的红手袋和她的裙子很相配.
《简明英汉词典》
- The purse on the table was a strong temptation to the poor child.
- 桌上的钱包对那个穷孩子是一个强烈的诱惑.
《简明英汉词典》