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pouch

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
Related topics: Clothes & fashion, Animals
pouch /paʊtʃ/ noun [countable]  1 DCa small leather, cloth, or plastic bag that you can keep things in, and which is sometimes attached to a belt 小袋pouch of a leather pouch of tobacco 装烟丝的小皮袋 a money pouch 一个钱袋4  See picture of 见图 BAG 12 especially American English a large bag for carrying letters or papers 邮件袋,文件袋 a mail pouch 一个邮件袋3. a pocket in the side of a bag such as a rucksack 〔背包等的〕侧袋4. joey.jpg HBAa pocket of skin on the stomach which marsupials such as kangaroos use for carrying their babies 〔袋鼠等的〕育儿袋5. HBAa fold of skin like a bag which animals such as hamsters or squirrels have inside each cheek to carry and store food 〔松鼠等的〕喉囊,颊袋
Examples from the Corpus
pouchThree or four days before mating, the male develops a pouch on his belly.a concealed pouch for your passportWithin five seconds, the female squirts several thousand eggs into his pouch and the two separate.One patient with pelvic sepsis developed a pouch-vaginal fistula and ileoanal stenosis culminating in pouch excision.With only two cartridges in their pouches and the last meal a memory of days, they had to.Two pouches failed because of ischaemia but the clinical results in the remaining seven patients are indistinguishable from younger patients in the series.
Origin pouch (1200-1300) Old North French pouche
pouch nounChinese
bag a plastic cloth, leather, Corpus or small


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pouch
pouch /paʊtʃ/ noun [countable]
 Date: 1200-1300
 Language: Old North French
 Origin: pouche
1. a small leather, cloth, or plastic bag that you can keep things in, and which is sometimes attached to a belt
    pouch of
    a leather pouch of tobacco
    a money pouch
2. especially American English a large bag for carrying letters or papers:
    a mail pouch
3. a pocket in the side of a bag such as a rucksack
4.
  a pocket of skin on the stomach which marsupials such as kangaroos use for carrying their babies
5. a fold of skin like a bag which animals such as hamsters or squirrels have inside each cheek to carry and store food


pouchBrE /paʊtʃ/ 🔊NAmE /paʊtʃ/ 🔊 nouna small bag, usually made of leather, and often carried in a pocket or attached to a belt 小袋子;荷包a tobacco pouch烟丝荷包She kept her money in a pouch around her neck. 她把钱装在脖子上挂的荷包里。🔊🔊a large bag for carrying letters, especially official ones 邮袋   see also diplomatic pouch at diplomatic bag
a pocket of skin on the stomach of some female marsupial animals, such as kangaroos , in which they carry their young (有袋目动物腹部的)育儿袋
a pocket of skin in the cheeks of some animals, such as hamsters, in which they store food (某些动物贮存食物的)颊袋,喉囊