handbag

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
英 /ˈhændˌbæɡ/|/ˈhæm.bəɡ/    美 /ˈhændˌbæɡ/|/ˈhæm.bəɡ/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A small bag carried in the hand, used either when travelling or to carry tools for a specific job. archaic,countable,uncountable
    — From a little hand-bag he extracted his automatic pistol, which he put upon the mantelpiece.
  2. A small bag used chiefly by women for carrying various small personal items, sometimes considered as a fashion accessory. Commonwealth,countable,uncountable
    — Then came a maid with hand-bag and shawls, and after her a tall young lady. She stood for a moment holding her skirt above the grimy steps, with something of the stately pose which Richter has given his Queen Louise on the stairway, and the light of the reflector fell full upon her.
  3. Ellipsis of handbag house. abbreviation,alt-of,ellipsis,uncountable
动词 v.
  1. To attack verbally or subject to criticism (typically used of a woman). UK,humorous,idiomatic,metonymically,transitive
    — ‘Apparently Birt happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time on Sunday afternoon. Virginia saw him and handbagged him. She really was very cross.’

词形变化

handbags plural handbags present,singular,third-person handbagging participle,present handbagged participle,past handbagged past

词汇关系

衍生词
bachelor's handbag handbag clip handbagful handbagger handbaggy handbagless handbags at dawn hardbag I lost my handbag man-bag smell like a tart's handbag social handbag

词源

词源 1
From hand + bag. The music genre is named from women dancing around a pile of their handbags in nightclubs. The verb is a reference to Margaret Thatcher's handbag.
词源 2
From hand + bag. The music genre is named from women dancing around a pile of their handbags in nightclubs. The verb is a reference to Margaret Thatcher's handbag.
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