pursing
UK: /pˈɜːsɪŋ/
English - Vietnamese dictionary
purse /pə:s/- danh từ
- ví tiền, hầu bao
- (nghĩa bóng) tiền, vốn
- to have a common purse: có vốn chung
- to have a long (heavy) purse: giàu có, lắm tiền
- to have a light purse: nghèo, ít tiền
- the public purse: ngân quỹ nhà nước
- privy purse: quỹ đen, quỹ riêng (của nhà vua...); người giữ quỹ đen
- tiền quyên làm giải thưởng, tiền đóng góp làm giải thưởng
- to make up a purse: quyên tiền làm giải thưởng
- to give (put up) a purse: cho tiền làm giải thưởng
- (sinh vật học) túi, bìu, bọng
- (từ Mỹ,nghĩa Mỹ) ví tay, túi cầm tay (đàn bà)
- ngoại động từ
- mắm, mím (môi), nhíu, cau (mày)
- (từ hiếm,nghĩa hiếm) bỏ vào túi, bỏ vào hầu bao
Thesaurus dictionary
n.
1 pouch, (money-)bag, wallet, pocket, Dialect poke, Highland dress sporran, US and Canadian (woman's) handbag, pocketbook, bag:
The money goes out so fast I think there is a hole in my purse.
2 money, wealth, resources, funds, finances, exchequer, treasury, capital, revenue, income, means, cash, riches; pounds, shillings, and pence, L.S.D., dollars, shekels, Derogatory Mammon, pelf, (filthy) lucre, US almighty dollar, Slang Brit ready or readies, lolly, dosh, loot, dough, US and Canadian bucks, scratch:
The spread of capitalism shows that the power of a man's purse can transcend his political idealism
3 prize, reward, award, present, gift:
The purse for the next race will be 5,000 guineas.
v.
4 pucker (up), contract, wrinkle, compress, press together:
Robert pursed his lips thoughtfully.
Concise dictionary
purses|pursed|pursingpɜrs /pɜːsnoun
+a container used for carrying money and small personal items or accessories (especially by women)
+a sum of money spoken of as the contents of a money purse
+a small bag for carrying money
+a sum of money offered as a prize
verb
+contract one's lips into a rounded shape
+gather or contract into wrinkles or folds; pucker
