English Dictionary

handbag

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈhændˌbæɡ/

名詞

英連邦 可算名詞 主に 不可算名詞 略語 別表記 省略

(mainly Commonwealth) A small bag used by women (or sometimes by men) for carrying various small personal items.

日本語の意味

女性が主に使用する小型の鞄。日常の小物（化粧品や財布など）を入れるために使われる。 / 男性が使用する場合もあり、さまざまな小物を持ち運ぶためのバッグ。

She grabbed her handbag from the chair before leaving for the party.

彼女はパーティーに出かける前に椅子からハンドバッグを取った。

意味（1）

(mainly Commonwealth) A small bag used by women (or sometimes by men) for carrying various small personal items.

Then came a maid with hand-bag and shawls, and after her a tall young lady. She stood for a moment holding her skirt above the grimy steps, with something of the stately pose which Richter has given his Queen Louise on the stairway, and the light of the reflector fell full upon her.

意味（2）

(uncountable, music) Ellipsis of handbag house (“a subgenre of house music of the late 1980s, often with booming vocals”).

handbags （ plural ）