purse

noun

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

e.g. she reached into her bag and found a comb

Synonym: baghandbagpocketbook

2. a small bag for carrying money

3. a sum of money offered as a prize

e.g. the purse barely covered the winner's expenses

4. a sum of money spoken of as the contents of a money purse

e.g. he made the contribution out of his own purse
he and his wife shared a common purse

verb

1. contract one's lips into a rounded shape

2. gather or contract into wrinkles or folds
pucker

e.g. purse ones's lips

Synonym: wrinkle

1. （尤指女式）钱包
A purse is a very small bag that people, especially women, keep their money in.

2. 女用小包；坤包
A purse is a small bag that women carry.

e.g. 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。

3. 资金；财力；财源
Purse is used to refer to the total amount of money that a country, family, or group has.

e.g. 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。

4. 缩拢，皱起，撅起（嘴唇）
If you purse your lips, you move them into a small, rounded shape, usually because you disapprove of something or when you are thinking.

e.g. She pursed her lips in disapproval.
她撅起嘴唇，表示不赞成。

1. 钱袋：这位曾在水门事件中被尼克松总统解雇、最后坚持维护了法律的尊严的首席检察官对于宪政和法治是如何生效的深刻认识是:最高法院有权解释宪法、有权拒绝违宪的法律或行政命令生效,但是最高法院既无钱袋(purse)又无刀剑(sword),

2. 手提包：tissue 面纸 | purse 手提包 | brooch 胸针