purse one's lips
表示不赞同、思考或忍住不说时的常见动作。
She pursed her lips and said nothing.
她抿紧嘴唇,什么也没说。
使起皱;皱起;蹙(眉);把…放入钱包;撅嘴;收缩成褶皱;放入钱包
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.
一般现在时
She purses her lips.
她皱起嘴唇。
一般过去时
He pursed his lips in thought.
他思考时皱起嘴唇。
现在进行时
They are pursing their lips.
他们正皱起嘴唇。
规则动词,过去式加-ed。
She pursed her lips in thought.
她思考时噘起了嘴唇。
用法提示:动词pursed表示将嘴唇收紧或皱起。
The old man pursed his mouth and shook his head.
老人噘起嘴摇了摇头。
用法提示:动词pursed表示将嘴巴缩拢。
He sat there pursing his lips, looking annoyed.
他坐在那里噘着嘴,看起来很恼火。
用法提示:现在分词pursing表示持续缩拢嘴唇的动作。
表示不赞同、思考或忍住不说时的常见动作。
She pursed her lips and said nothing.
她抿紧嘴唇,什么也没说。
into 后接结果,强调嘴唇被抿成的形状。
He pursed his lips into a thin line.
他把嘴唇抿成一条细线。
被动形式常用来描写嘴唇抿紧的状态。
Her lips were pursed in disapproval.
她不满地抿着嘴唇。
pucker 是最接近的同义词,强调因收缩而出现皱褶;也可用于布料、皮肤等起皱,而 purse 通常只修饰嘴唇。
pout 偏重向前嘟嘴的表情,常带不高兴或撒娇语气;purse 则常指因不满或专注而抿紧嘴唇并微噘,不一定是撒娇。
grammar · medium
易错句子She pursued her lips in disapproval.
正确表达She pursed her lips in disapproval.
purse(/pɝs/)表示“撅起、抿紧(嘴唇)”,pursue(/pərˈsuː/)意为“追赶、追求”,两者形近但意思完全不同。表示抿嘴只能用 purse,其过去式是 pursed,而不是 pursued。
grammar · medium
易错句子She pursed her lip and said nothing.
正确表达She pursed her lips and said nothing.
purse 指把上下两片嘴唇一起抿起或噘起,动作涉及双唇,所以用复数 lips。汉语“嘴唇”不分单复数,学习者容易误用单数 lip。
grammar · medium
易错句子She purse her lips whenever she disagrees.
正确表达She purses her lips whenever she disagrees.
主语 She 是第三人称单数,一般现在时的动词要加 -es,purse 需变为 purses。原形 purse 只用在 I/you/we/they 之后或情态动词之后。
反义对应“purse”作动词“使起皱/收缩成褶皱”之义;不适用于“噘嘴”或“放入钱包”等义。
同上,仅在“使起皱/收缩成褶皱”义上构成反义。
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。
purse 作动词时常说 purse one's lips(抿紧嘴唇),lips 是直接相关的部位。
抿嘴的动作涉及嘴部,mouth 是 lips 所在的更大部位。
purse 也可表示皱起、收缩,frown(皱眉)属于相近的面部表情动作。
brow 与皱眉、蹙额的动作相关,可联系 purse 的“收缩成褶皱”这一含义。
这些动作共同构成面部表情,expression 是它们的上位概念。
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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