pursy

形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Out of breath; short of breath, especially due to fatness.
    — now breathless wrong Shall sit and pant in your great chairs of ease, And pursy insolence shall break his wind With fear and horrid flight.
  2. Puckered.
    — So Aunt Bell sat down to table—a bony frame, with an anxious green eye, a pursy mouth, and a sweating sickness of bitter words, seeking to break forth at the earliest opportunity.
  3. Fat and short.
    — Now I will give you a Picture of this Wretch: She is a broad, squat, pursy, fat Thing, quite ugly, if any thing human can be so called […]
  4. Purse-proud; vain about one's wealth.

词形变化

pursier comparative pursiest superlative pursive alternative pursier comparative pursiest superlative

词汇关系

衍生词
pursily pursiness

词源

词源 1
From Middle English pursyf (“short of breath, asthmatic”), probably from Old French pousser (“to push; to breathe with difficulty”); see French poussif (“wheezy”).
词源 2
From purse (“pucker”) + -y and purse (“small bag for carrying money”) + -y.
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