1American EnglishAmE the amount of money that you have, or your ability to pay for things 钱;收入;财力SYN British English pocket
The aim was to provide a car for every age and pocketbook.
目标是为每个年龄层和收入层的人士提供汽车。
Older voters are most concerned about pocketbook issues (=that concern money).
年纪较大的选民最关心钱的问题。
2.American EnglishAmE old-fashionedDC a handbag 女用手袋
3.American EnglishAmE old-fashionedD a wallet 皮夹,钱包
4.TCNBritish EnglishBrE old-fashioned a notebook 笔记本
Examples from the Corpus
pocketbook• Four million copies have been distributed in a pocketbook form.• She clutches her pocketbook nervously and squints into the shadows.• She takes car keys out of her pocketbook.• But hardly able to stand such an insult, she returns, mightily testing both his faith and his pocketbook.• They turn my pocketbook all out.• Decisions made in any of these places can hit our pocketbooks and our peace of mind, for better or for worse.• Arizona voterschecked their pocketbooks, looked for a fresh face and embraced Steve Forbes on Tuesday.