| 单词 | purse |
|---|---|
| 音标 | [pə:s] |
| 解释 | v. 缩拢或撅起；n. 钱包 |
| 红宝书 | 【英】 v.缩拢或撅起(pucker ; contract);n.钱包( wallet) |
| 字源 | 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. |
| 不择手段背单词 | v. 聚拢或皱起(嘴唇或眉毛); n 女用钱包(用来携带钥匙、皮夹或其他私人用品) 【记】pur = pure, se色: 有纯色的东西－女士钱包、皱起的黑眉毛和噘起的红嘴唇 |
| 趣味全助记 | 【记】钱包,以前的钱袋口就是缩拢的，如装银子的布袋口 |
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