wallet

名词 n.
/ˈwɒl.ɪt/    /ˈwɑl.ət/|/ˈwɔl.ət/|/ˈwɒ.lɪt/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A small case, often flat and often made of leather, for keeping money (especially paper money), credit cards, etc. UK,US
    — The thief stole all the money and credit cards out of the old man's wallet.
  2. A person's bank account or assets. broadly,informal
    — It's unknown if the pro running back's recent sex scandal will hit him in the wallet or not.
  3. An e-wallet or digital wallet.
  4. A thick case or folder with plastic sleeves in which compact discs may be stored.
    — I won an auction online for a cheap CD wallet.
  5. A bag or pouch. archaic
    — He brought with him a large wallet with some provisions for the road.
  6. A person's buttocks (the area of the body nearest where one keeps one's wallet). slang
    — He fell down and landed on his wallet.

词形变化

wallets plural

词源

From Middle English walet (“a bag, knapsack”), of uncertain origin. Possibly from an assumed Old Northern French *walet (“a roll; bag; a knapsack”), from Proto-Germanic *wal- (“to roll”). More at walk, well, wallow.
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