英语词汇“pouch”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词	pouch
释义	pouch I. \ˈpau̇ch\ noun (-es) Etymology: Middle English pouche, from Middle French pouche, poche, of Germanic origin; akin to Middle Dutch poke bag — more at poke 1. a. archaic : a small drawstring bag for carrying money : purse, poke < tester I'll have in pouch when thou shalt lack — Shakespeare > b. : a woman's handbag with soft sides and rounded shape usually mounted on a frame or closed with a zipper or drawstring — compare envelope 4 2. a. : a sack or satchel of small or moderate size for storing or transporting goods < bullet pouch > < tobacco pouch > specifically : a bag with a locking device for the transmission of first class mail or diplomatic dispatches b. chiefly Scotland : pocket c. : packet < hermetically sealed pouches … for use on such products as dry soups — N.A.Cooke > 3. : an anatomical structure felt to resemble a pouch: as a. (1) : bag 3a(4) (2) : corporation 6 (3) : a fluid-filled cyst or sac b. : marsupium 1a, 1b c. : cheek pouch d. : the large gular space at the base of the lower mandible of a pelican e. : a saccular plant part (as a silique or utricle) II. verb (-ed/-ing/-es) *transitive verb* 1. : to put into or as if into a pouch : pocket < sold justice and pouched the price of every pardon — Francis Hackett > specifically : to put (as mail or dispatches) into locked bags < the Baltimore mail was sorted … and pouched by 4:20 A.M. — Sat. Eve. Post > < government of a twentieth-century diplomat pouches to him … a truly generous quantity of informative material — R.S.Simpson > 2. a. archaic : swallow < allowing the fish … to pouch the bait — Thomas Best > b. : to store or carry in a pouch in the mouth < squirrels pouching acorns > 3. : to make puffy or protuberant < ill health had … pouched the loose flesh under his eyes — Ellen Glasgow > < up comes the great bill, pouched with fish — A.J.Cronin > *intransitive verb* 1. : to form a pouch : puff out : protrude < snow-white hair and a pouching bosom — Marguerite Steen > 2. : to transmit mail or dispatches to a destination in a locked bag III. \ˈpōch\ dialect England variant of poach
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