1.DCa small bag in which a woman carries money and personal things 〔女用〕手提包;手袋SYN American English purse →4 See picture of 见图 BAG →5see picture at 见图bag, purse
2handbagsinformal used humorously to describe a situation in which two people are fighting, but in a way that is so weak or lacking in force that the fight is funny to watch 〔软弱无力的〕打闹〔幽默用法〕
Dennis looked like he threw a punch, but it was just handbags.
丹尼斯看似挥了一拳,其实只是装样子。
Examples from the Corpus
handbag• So Auntie, her umbrella in one hand and her handbag in the other, set out.• She reached down for her handbag on the floor.• She took the two gifts from her handbag and set them on the table.• Grabbed her handbag back, gave me the gargoylestare, went inside.• The diary she dropped back into her handbag.• She drove three kicks into his shins and smashed her handbag into the side of his head.• They took her handbag and she was very shaken.• The handbag was red and gold, with a dainty gold-link chain.
➡ see also purseADJECTIVE | VERB + HANDBAG | PREPOSITION | PHRASESADJECTIVE➤big, capacious (formal) , large大手提包;容積大的坤包➤designer手提包設計師VERB + HANDBAG➤clutch, hold緊抓手袋;拿着坤包▸➤carry帶着手提包▸➤swing揮動手提包➤reach into手探進提包裏▸➤fumble in, rummage around in, rummage in在手提包裏胡亂翻找◇She was rummaging in her handbag for her keys.她正在手提包裏翻找鑰匙。➤search, search in, search through在手提包裏找;翻遍手提包▸➤snatch搶手提包◇She had her handbag snatched as she sat having a coffee.她坐着喝咖啡的時候手提包被搶了。PREPOSITION➤from a/the handbag, out of a/the handbag從手提包裏◇She took a pen out of her large leather handbag.她從大皮包裏掏出一支鋼筆。➤in a/the handbag, into a/the handbag在手提包裏;往手提包裏◇She put her wallet into her handbag.她把錢包放進手袋裏。PHRASES➤the contents of a handbag手提包內的物品