purse

n.钱包，钱袋；财力，财源；和包或钱袋相似的东西；女用小提包

vt.使皱起，噘起

noun

1. 钱包，皮夹子（尤指女用的）
   a small bag made of leather, plastic, etc. for carrying coins and often also paper money, cards, etc., used especially by women
2. 钱包，皮夹子（尤指女用的）
   a small bag made of leather, plastic, etc. for carrying coins and often also paper money, cards, etc., used especially by women
3. 资金；财源；备用款
   the amount of money that is available to a person, an organization or a government to spend
   1. We have holidays to suit every purse.
      我们有适合不同消费计划的度假安排。
   2. 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？
4. （拳击赛的）奖金
   a sum of money given as a prize in a boxing match

verb

1. 撅嘴，撮起嘴唇（以表示反对等）
   to form your lips into a small tight round shape, for example to show disapproval

过去式:pursed 名词复数形式:purses 过去分词:pursed 现在分词:pursing 第三人称单数:purses

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.

1. Princess Anne does not have a bottomless purse.
   安妮公主的钱并非多得取之不尽，用之不竭。
2. Fraud trials are often complex and have become an expensive drain on the public purse.
   诈骗案通常错综复杂，会给公共资金造成巨大损失。
3. She folded it up, and tucked it into her purse
   她将其折叠起来，塞进了钱包里。
4. 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。
5. 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。
6. She pursed her lips in disapproval.
   她撅起嘴唇，表示不赞成。
7. The bank has been too slow in loosening the purse strings.
   银行一直迟迟不愿放开资金。
8. He grabbed my purse, opened it and stuffed it full, then gave it back to me
   他抢过我的钱包，打开并塞满钱，然后还给了我。
9. My father decided to slip a little extra spending money into my purse as a surprise.
   为了给我一个惊喜，父亲决定往我的钱包里多塞一些零花钱。
10. 'I'll get my purse out of the bedroom.' — 'No sweat, Mrs. Day. We can put it on your tab.'
    “我去卧室拿钱包。”——“别费事了，戴夫人，我们就记在你的账单上好了。”
11. Sue never carried anything other than the teeniest purse.
    休从来都只带着一只小钱包。
12. I've lost my purse.
    我的钱包丢了。
13. 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。
14. He had his purse stolen by a pickpocket.
    他的钱包被掏了。
15. I felt for my purse and found it gone.
    我摸索着寻找钱包，发现它不在了。
16. As the branch of government with the power of the purse, we really have no other reasonable choice when the economy is in the shape it is in.
    对于这个拥有控制我们钱包权力的“政府部门”，由于经济命脉都握于其手，我们真的没有其他合理的选择了。
17. That would make her button up her purse even tighter.
    那会使她更加节省。
18. The purse is bulging.
    钱包很鼓。
19. The robber told the woman to come across with her purse.
    拦路抢劫者勒令那个女人把钱包交出来。
20. The purse was snatched away.
    钱包被抢跑了。
21. A purse is found, will the owner please come to claim it.
    拾得钱包一个，望失主前来认领。
22. I had the purse stolen in the bus.
    我在巴士上钱包被偷了。
23. He robbed my purse and I spun my uncle.
    他抢了我的钱包我告诉了我的叔叔。
24. I bought a purple purse for my mother.
    我为妈妈买了个紫色钱包。
25. He snatched the purse and the ladder, and ran away.
    他抢了手提袋和梯子，逃走了。
26. She was robbed yesterday and lost her purse and cell phone.
    她昨天被抢了，并丢失了钱包和手机。
27. A thief ran off with her purse.
    小偷拿了她的钱包跑掉了。
28. A pickpocket stole my purse.
    扒手扒走了我的钱包。
29. The thief my purse and the shop.
    小偷偷了我的钱包然后跑出了商店。
30. I bought her a purse last week.
    我上周给她买了一个钱包。