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单词 pouch
释义

pouch

/paʊtʃ /
noun
1A small flexible bag, typically carried in a pocket or attached to a belt: a tobacco pouch webbing with pouches for stun grenades...
  • The cartridges are carried in a clip in bunches of five, and these are carried in small leather pouches attached to the belt, several in a pouch.
  • Basic webbing ammunition belts and pouches were supplemented by as many bandoliers as the soldier could carry without falling down.
  • Kneeling, he took some birdfeed out of a pouch attached to his belt and placed it on Jack's cheek.

Synonyms

bag, purse, wallet, sack, sac, pocket, container, receptacle;
Scottish poke, sporran
historical reticule
1.1A lockable bag for mail or dispatches.A spokesman for Royal Mail said secure pouches were strategically positioned to give a better service of delivery....
  • A postwoman watched in amazement as two teenagers snatched her Royal Mail pouch bag full of letters while it was attached to her bike.
  • Royal Mail has applied for planning permission for pouch boxes, which are used to store additional delivery bags on heavy rounds.
2A pocket-like abdominal receptacle in which marsupials carry their young during lactation.The primary difference is that the young are not raised in a special pouch, as in marsupials....
  • The functions of the brood, incubating and marsupial pouches should be further investigated in relation to their osmoprotective and perhaps also trophic roles for the embryos.
  • Two situations are considered, internal development of the embryos in closed incubating, brood or marsupial pouches, and external development in eggs exposed to the external medium.

Synonyms

technical marsupium
2.1Any of a number of pocket-like animal structures, such as those in the cheeks of rodents.I sucked all the spit from the pouches of my cheeks, making a nice squishy sound....
  • He caught chipmunks whose cheek pouches were so stuffed with lodgepole pine seeds that not one more would fit.
  • In the breeding season, Gray-crowned Rosy-Finches develop throat pouches that allow them to carry food back to their young at the nest.
3 (often pouches) A baggy area of skin underneath a person’s eyes: he had deep pouches under his dark eyes...
  • It is pretty much impossible to turn back the negative effects of ongoing sleep deprivation - when it starts showing up in lackluster skin and pouches under the eyes, it's way too late.
  • But they were worried - worried about what the deep, blue pouches under his eyes meant, worried about the way he seemed always lost in thought during mealtimes.
  • When I looked at myself in the mirror these days, I saw tangled hair, baggy pouches over my cheeks, hollow, empty eyes.
verb [with object]
1Put into a pouch: he stopped, pouched his tickets, and plodded on
1.1 informal Succeed in securing: he pouched his fifth first prize by beating Higginson in the final...
  • Although efforts where made to train new employees to fill the gaps, two of the four trained where pouched by other, better paying ministries, while the other two died!
  • Because of the freefall, Jordan's technical staff was pouched by rival teams.
  • But once he had pouched that at the second attempt, he had little to scream and bawl about.
1.2 Cricket Catch (the ball): Hick pouched his fourth catch with ease...
  • But the ball sailed straight upwards and he pouched the simplest of catches.
  • The teenage wicketkeeper then pouched two catches to remove both openers cheaply and wickets continued to tumble.
  • This time the catch was safely pouched by Vaughan in the gully.
2Make (part of a garment) hang like a pouch: the muslin is lightly pouched over the belt

Derivatives

pouched

/paʊtʃt/ adjective ...
  • The broad firm cheeks droop into a pouched flush as they sink downward into his draggled lace collar.
  • Four resplendent Siberian chipmunks with their pouched cheeks and striped fur are wanted dead or alive after fleeing from an enclosure in southern England, a newspaper reported yesterday.
  • This group includes all of the pouched animals, such as opossums, kangaroos, and Tasmanian devils.

pouchy

/ˈpaʊtʃi/ adjective ...
  • The best thing about a return to high waistbands is that ladies who enjoy their lunch can smooth away their pouchy tummies by investing in a sensible pair of ‘control’ knickers.
  • In my head, I was the gorgeous young thing running around with the aged pouchy bachelor, and it was the best relationship I'd ever been in.
  • His plump, pouchy features are positively pink with pleasure and he's clapping his hands delightedly.

Origin

Middle English (as a noun): from Old Northern French pouche, variant of Old French poche 'bag'. Compare with poke2.

Rhymes

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