1DCa small flat case, often made of leather, that you carry in your pocket, for holding paper money, bankcards etc 〔装钞票等的〕钱包,皮夹子SYN American English billfold → purse
2.BPGBritish EnglishBrE a case for documents, often made of leather or plastic 〔装文件的〕皮夹;塑料夹
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wallet• Wadenodded at him and pulled a small photograph from his wallet.• He had left his wallet behind, too.• At Newcastle station, the buffet was closed and some one stole his wallet.• Miami was too quick to open its wallet.• I took my wallet out and took two fivers and put them on the table.• In top vintages, we are more than willing to open our wallets to stock our cellars with classicclaret.• All around the ringwallets were being slapped open and shut; fingers were being angrily pointed.• All right, so you lifted the bearded geezer's wallet, but never mind that for the moment.
in your wallet• And I put £20 in my wallet.• This picture Carlo and Dean neatly cut down the middle with a razor and saved a half each in their wallets.• He carried notes about with him in his wallet, on one occasion, at any rate about a hundred pounds.• Dad kept it in his wallet.• This time he decided to take very little in his wallet.• Store cards Store cards do not deserve their place in your wallet as they carry punitive rates of interest.• And he did keep the checkstubin his wallet like a picture of his kids.
Originwallet
(1300-1400) Probably from an unrecorded Anglo-Frenchwalet“traveler's bag”
ADJECTIVE | VERB + WALLET | WALLET + VERB | PREPOSITIONADJECTIVE➤bulging, fat鼓鼓的錢包◇He pulled a €50 note out of his fat wallet.他從鼓鼓的錢包裏面抽出一張 50 歐元的鈔票。➤empty空空的錢包➤leather皮錢夾➤CD光盤包◇He showed off a CD wallet stuffed with CDs.他炫耀了一番裝滿光盤的光盤包。VERB + WALLET➤get out, pull out, take out拿出錢包;掏出錢包➤open打開錢包➤empty掏空錢包▸➤put away收起錢包➤lose丟失錢包➤steal偷錢包WALLET + VERB➤be stuffed with sth錢包裏塞滿了⋯◇a wallet stuffed with fifty-dollar bills塞滿 50 美元鈔票的錢包➤contain錢包裝着⋯◇a wallet containing more than £100裝有 100 多英鎊的錢包PREPOSITION➤in a/the wallet在錢包裏◇He carried a photo of his children in his wallet.他在錢包裏夾着孩子們的照片。
wallet ♦︎ purseThese are both words for sth that you use to carry money around with you.这两个词均表示钱包、皮夹子。PATTERNS AND COLLOCATIONS 句型和搭配◆in sb's wallet / purse◆a leather wallet / purse◆to steal / open sb's wallet / purse◆a wallet / purse containing $100, €250, etc.■walletˈwɒlɪt; NAmEˈwɑːlɪt, ˈwɔːlɪt [countable] a small flat folding case made of leather, plastic or fabric that can fit in your pocket and is used for carrying paper money and credit cards(放钞票和信用卡的)钱包,皮夹子◆a wallet containing credit cards放了信用卡的皮夹子■pursepɜːs; NAmEpɜːrs [countable] a small bag made of leather, plastic or fabric for carrying coins and often also paper money and credit cards, used especially by women(尤指女用的)钱包,零钱包,皮夹子◆I took a coin out of my purse and gave it to the child.我从钱包里取出一个硬币给了那孩子。