English Dictionary

purse

IPA（発音記号）

/pɜːs/

動詞

他動詞 自動詞 廃用 稀用

(transitive) To press (one's lips) in and together so that they protrude. / To draw up or contract into folds or wrinkles; to pucker; to knit. / To put into a purse.

日本語の意味

唇を内側に引き締め、突出させる。 / しわやひだが寄るように縮む、または寄せる。 / 財布に入れる。

She watched him purse his lips as the news sank in.

彼女はその知らせを聞いて、彼が唇をすぼめるのを見た。

意味（1）

(transitive) To press (one's lips) in and together so that they protrude.

The serving Sister pursed up her lips to remind him of the cloistral rule, almost as if she wanted to prevent any conversation between him and the nun.

意味（2）

To draw up or contract into folds or wrinkles; to pucker; to knit.

[…] thou […] didst contract and purse thy brow together, / As if thou then hadst shut up in thy brain / Some horrible conceit: […]

意味（3）

To put into a purse.

And I will go and purse the ducats straight,

意味（4）

(intransitive, obsolete, rare) To steal purses; to rob.

Why I'll purse; if that raise me not, I'll bet at bowling alleys, or man whores: I would fain live by others.

purses （ present singular third-person ）

pursing （ participle present ）

pursed （ participle past ）

pursed （ past ）