purse one's lips
collocation抿紧嘴唇；噘起嘴唇
She pursed her lips and refused to answer.
她抿紧嘴唇，拒绝回答。
噘起（嘴唇）；抿紧（嘴唇）
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噘起（嘴唇）；抿紧（嘴唇）
To press (one's lips) in and together so that they protrude.
She pursed her lips in thought.
她思考时噘起了嘴唇。
撅嘴
To press (one's lips) in and together so that they protrude.
收缩成褶皱
To draw up or contract into folds or wrinkles; to pucker; to knit.
放入钱包
To put into a purse.
purse
Base
原形
purses
3rd person
第三人称单数
pursing
-ing
现在分词
pursed
Past
过去式
pursed
Past participle
过去分词
She purses her lips.
她皱起嘴唇。
He pursed his lips in thought.
他思考时皱起嘴唇。
They are pursing their lips.
他们正皱起嘴唇。
规则动词，过去式加-ed。
The old man pursed his mouth and shook his head.
老人噘起嘴摇了摇头。
He sat there pursing his lips, looking annoyed.
他坐在那里噘着嘴，看起来很恼火。
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抿紧嘴唇；噘起嘴唇
She pursed her lips and refused to answer.
她抿紧嘴唇，拒绝回答。
噘起的嘴唇；抿紧的嘴唇
He stared at the bill with pursed lips.
他噘着嘴盯着账单。
噘起；皱起
Her lips pursed up when she tasted the sour lemon.
她尝到酸柠檬时噘起了嘴。
撅起嘴唇（常表示不赞同）
She pursed her lips and said nothing.
她撅起嘴唇，什么也没说。
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想象收紧钱包（purse）的带子，皮面皱起，嘴唇也像这样抿紧、蹙眉起皱；把东西收进钱包同样叫 purse。
语域：mixed 常见场景：面部表情（常见搭配 purse one's lips）、书面叙述或文学描写、布料或表面起皱（较少见）、把物品放入钱包/手袋（旧式用法） 作动词时，最常见的用法是 purse one's lips（噘嘴/抿嘴），通常出现在书面叙述或描写表情的场合，语气比较中性偏正式；日常口语中更常说 pucker one's lips 或 press one's lips together。表示“使起皱”和“放入钱包”的义项都较少见，多用于文学或较旧式的表达。因此整体语域可视作混合。
常与 lips 连用，表示皱起嘴唇
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