Purse



GRE Barron 考研

解释

GRE 红宝书

• v.缩拢或撅起;n.钱包
• ［英］ v.缩拢或撅起 ( pucker; contract) ; n.钱包 ( wallet)

Webster Collegiate

I. noun

• Etymology: Middle English purs, from Old English, modification of Medieval Latin bursa, from Late Latin, ox hide, from Greek byrsa
• Date: before 12th century
• 1.
  • a.
    • (1) a small bag for money
    • (2) a receptacle (as a pocketbook) for carrying money and often other small objects
  • b. a receptacle (as a pouch) shaped like a purse
• 2.
  • a. resources, funds
  • b. a sum of money offered as a prize or present; also the total amount of money offered in prizes for a given event
• ? purselike adjective

II. transitive verb (pursed; pursing)

• Date: 14th century
• 1. to put into a purse
• 2. pucker, knit <pursed his brow>

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