purse

purse既可以指装钱或随身物品的小袋，也可以指把嘴唇、眉头等收紧，或历史上指一笔专门用于某目的的奖金；它还可作为英语姓氏。

💡 记忆钩子

把purse想成一个有抽绳的小袋：名词是袋子本身，也可以引申为袋子里装着的一笔钱；动词则像把袋口抽紧一样，把嘴唇抿紧、把额头皱起。这个“收拢成袋状”的画面能串起它的主要含义。

📝 学习建议

先掌握“钱包、小手提包”和“抿紧嘴唇”这两个现代常用义；“把钱放进袋中”和“偷钱包”是历史或边缘用法。
purse不只表示钱包，在美国英语中也常指女性手提包；不要把它一律理解成很小的钱包。

📖 中文释义

name

common 姓氏

📖 Purse作为姓氏，最初与制作或经营钱袋、手提包的人有关。

💡 常见结构是“名字＋Purse”或“Purse＋名字”，具体顺序取决于姓名格式。作为姓氏时要大写，通常不加复数或冠词。

Purse is an uncommon English surname.

Purse是一个不常见的英语姓氏。

Purses plural

noun

core 钱包；钱袋

📖 指用来装钱的小袋，重点是“装钱的袋子”，比普通的bag更具体。

💡 常用结构是“carry/keep money in a purse”或“take something out of a purse”。这个义项可用于日常语境，但在美国英语中女性日常手提包通常也叫purse。

She found her keys at the bottom of her purse.

她在手提包底部找到了钥匙。

He kept the coins in a small leather purse.

他把硬币放在一个小皮钱包里。
common 手提包

📖 在美国英语中，purse常指女性用来携带手机、钥匙等随身物品的小型手提包，不一定专门装钱。

💡 常见结构是“carry/take a purse”或“put something in one's purse”。这是美国英语中很常见的用法；在其他英语地区，handbag往往更自然，学习者不要把两者的地区差异误当成词义差异。

US

She left her phone in her purse.

她把手机落在手提包里了。
common 奖金；专款

📖 指为某项比赛、活动或特定目的拿出的一笔钱，像是放在“钱袋”里专门等着使用的金额。

💡 常见结构是“a purse of＋金额”以及“win/fight for the purse”。这个用法多见于比赛、竞赛或较正式的报道中，不等于泛指某人的全部财产。

The winner took home a purse of ten thousand dollars.

获胜者带回了一万美元的奖金。
rare 历史上的特定金额

📖 在某些历史语境中，purse曾表示特定国家使用的一笔固定金额；现代英语中通常不会这样使用。

historical

purses plural

verb

core 抿紧嘴唇

📖 指把嘴唇收拢、向前突出，像把小袋口抽紧一样，常用来表示不赞成、犹豫或思考。

💡 常见结构是“purse one's lips”或“purse the lips”。它通常是及物用法，后面接身体部位；不要说成表示“把嘴唇放进钱包”。

transitive

She pursed her lips and shook her head.

她抿紧嘴唇，摇了摇头。

He pursed his lips before answering the question.

他抿了抿嘴唇，然后才回答问题。
common 皱起；收紧

📖 指把眉头、额头等部位收拢成褶皱，形成紧张、担忧或不满的表情。

💡 常见结构是“purse one's brow”或“purse one's forehead”。这个义项描述的是面部形成褶皱的动作，和更常见的“皱眉”表达相近，但不一定只指眉毛向下压。

The child pursed his brow in concentration.

那个孩子专心思考时皱起了眉头。
rare 放入钱袋

📖 旧用法，指把钱或其他东西放进钱袋，直接延伸自名词“钱袋”。
rare 偷钱包

📖 过时且罕见的用法，指偷窃钱包或抢钱袋，和“钱袋”这一核心意象有关。

intransitive obsolete rare

purses present,singular,third-person pursing participle,present pursed participle,past pursed past

📘 英文释义 (WordNet) 共 6 组

contract one's lips into a rounded shape

同义词集: purse

上位: round, round off, round out 下位: pooch, pooch out

gather or contract into wrinkles or folds; pucker

同义词集: purse wrinkle

purse ones's lips

上位: contract

a container used for carrying money and small personal items or accessories (especially by women)

同义词集: bag handbag pocketbook purse

she reached into her bag and found a comb

上位: container 下位: clutch, clutch bag

a small bag for carrying money

同义词集: purse

上位: bag

a sum of money offered as a prize

同义词集: purse

the purse barely covered the winner's expenses

上位: amount, amount of money, sum, sum of money

a sum of money spoken of as the contents of a money purse;

同义词集: purse

he made the contribution out of his own purse

he and his wife shared a common purse

上位: amount, amount of money, sum, sum of money

🌳 词源

名词和动词源自中古英语purse，和“钱袋、袋子”有关；作为姓氏时，原指制作钱袋或手提包的人的职业姓。

From Middle English purs, from Old English purs (“purse”), partly from pusa (“wallet, bag, scrip”) and partly from burse (“pouch, bag”). Old English pusa comes from Proto-West Germanic *pusō, from Proto-Germanic *pusô (“bag, sack, scrip”), and is cognate with Old High German pfoso (“pouch, purse”), Low German pūse (“purse, bag”), Old Norse posi (“purse, bag”), Danish pose (“purse, bag”). Old English burse comes from Medieval Latin bursa (“leather bag”) (compare English bursar), from Ancient Greek βύρσα (búrsa, “hide, wine-skin”). Compare also Old French borse (French bourse), Old Saxon bursa (“bag”), Old High German burissa (“wallet”).

🔄 变式

pursed past Purses plural pursing present

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