purse
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Danh từ
noun- 1.
A small bag for carrying money.
- 2.
(US)A handbag (small bag usually used by women for carrying various small personal items)
- 3.
A quantity of money given for a particular purpose.
- 4.
(historical)A specific sum of money in certain countries: formerly 500 piastres in Turkey or 50 tomans in Persia.
Động từ
verb- 1.
(transitive)To press (one's lips) in and together so that they protrude.
1901, Matilde Serao, The Land of Cockayne, translator not credited, London: Heinemann, Chapter IV, p. 72, https://archive.org/details/landofcockayne00seraiala The serving Sister pursed up her lips to remind him of the cloistral rule, almost as if she wanted to prevent any conversation between him and the nun.
1916, Leonid Andreyev, "An Original" in The Little Angel and Other Stories, translated by W. H. Lowe, New York: Alfred Knopf, p. 85, https://archive.org/details/littleangelother00andriala Anton Ivanovich pursed up his lower lip so that his grey moustache pressed against the tip of his red pitted nose, took in all the officials with his rounded eyes, and after an unavoidable pause emitted a fat unctuous laugh.
- 2.
To draw up or contract into folds or wrinkles; to pucker; to knit.
- 3.
To put into a purse.
- 4.
(intransitive, obsolete, rare)To steal purses; to rob.
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From Middle English purs, from Old English purs (purse), partly from pusa (wallet, bag, scrip) and partly from burse (pouch, bag).