| 单词 | pocketbook |
| 释义 | pocketbook (once / 3026 pages) 1n 2n Pocketbook is another name for a purse or wallet, a place to keep money or other essentials. Pocketbook can also refer to the amount of money you have, even if it’s in your mattress. In the UK, pocketbook is a pocket-sized notebook, but in the US it's usually a small bag typically carried by women. Figuratively, your pocketbook is your budget: "Those shoes are way too expensive for my pocketbook." In the early 1600s, a pocketbook was "a book small enough to fit in a pocket," and by 1722 it became "a booklike leather folder for papers." In the early 1800s, it came to mean "woman's handbag." WORD FAMILYpocketbook: pocketbooks USAGE EXAMPLESThe responses, though, raised questions for some on social media about Mexico's priorities and Mexicans' supposed obsession with pocketbook issues rather than other social indignities. Washington Post(Jan 01, 2017) “Pocketbook and economic issues is pretty much all I campaigned on,” he says. Science Magazine(Dec 21, 2016) Democrats must, therefore, pester Republicans where it hurts: the pocketbook. Time(Dec 06, 2016) 1 1n a pocket-size case for holding papers and paper money Syn|Hyper billfold, notecase, wallet case a portable container for carrying several objects 2n a container used for carrying money and small personal items or accessories (especially by women) Syn|Hypo|Hyper bag, handbag, purse clutch, clutch bag a woman's strapless purse that is carried in the hand etuismall ornamental ladies' bag for small articles evening baga handbag used with evening wear reticulea woman's drawstring handbag; usually made of net or beading or brocade; used in 18th and 19th centuries shoulder baga large handbag that can be carried by a strap looped over the shoulder container any object that can be used to hold things (especially a large metal boxlike object of standardized dimensions that can be loaded from one form of transport to another) 3n your personal financial means 2that car is too expensive for my pocketbook Hyper means, substance considerable capital (wealth or income) n pocket-sized paperback book Syn|Hyper pocket book, pocket edition paper-back book, paperback, paperback book, soft-cover, soft-cover book, softback, softback book a book with paper covers |
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