purse
noun uk/pɜːs/ us/pɝːs/
(CONTAINER)
A2 [ C ] UK (US change purse)（常指女用）钱包
a small container for money, usually used by a woman
a leather purse 皮革钱包
Compare: wallet
[ C ] US （尤指女式）手提包，手袋
a handbag
- More examples
- She tipped the contents of her purse out onto the table.
- She had her purse snatched while she was in town.
(AMOUNT TO SPEND)
[ C usually singular ]（机构或政府的）备用金，可用的资金，财力
the total amount of money that an organization or government has available for spending
Having a lot of people out of work places a large drain on the public purse. 大量人口失业使政府的财力消耗很大。
(PRIZE)
[ C ]（体育竞赛中的）奖金
an amount of money that is offered as a prize in a sports competition
The players in the golf tournament are competing for a purse of £525,000. 参加本次高尔夫锦标赛的选手正在为52.5万英镑的奖金而展开争夺。
Idiom
the purse stringsidiom 开支，花费
the spending of money by a family, company, or country
A recent survey showed that in 53 percent of families, women hold (= control) the purse strings. 最近一项调查表明，在53%的家庭里由女人掌管开支。
purse
verb [ T ] uk/pɜːs/ us/pɝːs/
撅（嘴）
to bring your lips tightly together so that they form a rounded shape, usually as an expression of disapproval
"I don't approve of that kind of language," she said, pursing her lips. “我不赞成那样子说话，”她撅着嘴说。