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pock·et·book AHD[pŏkʹĭt-b‹k'] D.J.[ˈpɒkɪtˌbʊk]K.K.[ˈpɑkɪtˌbʊk]n.（名词）- A pocket-sized folder or case used to hold money and papers; a billfold.皮夹子，钱包：用来装钱和纸张的口袋大小的夹子或盒子；钱夹
- A purse; a handbag.手袋；手提包
- Financial resources; money supply:财源：财政资源；金钱的供应：prices to fit your pocketbook.与你的财力相称的价格
- Often pocket book A pocket-sized, usually paperbound book. Also called In this sense, also called pocket edition 常作 pocket book 袖珍版，丛书版：口袋大小且通常为纸质封皮的书 也作 在此意义上也可称作 pocket edition
注释- The link between the senses "billfold, purse,” and "pocket-sized book" of the wordpocketbook can be clarified with a little historical information. The compound is first recorded in 1617 in the sense of "a small book designed to be carried in a pocket.”It is only recently that such books have looked like the paperbound books we are familiar with;these early paperbacks were bound like any book but were smaller in size.The next recorded use ofpocketbook (1685) is again for a book designed to fit in the pocket but this time used for notes or memoranda.The same word was then applied to a case that was shaped like a bookand in which money or papers could be kept.Finally, the wordpocketbook was transferred to yet another container for keeping things, a purse or handbag,rarely fitting in the pocketand not necessarily shaped like a book.Pocketbook 一词的两种词义“钱夹，手袋”和“口袋大小的书”之间的关联通过一点历史知识予以澄清。 这一复合词在1617年被首次记录为“被设计放在口袋里携带的一本小书”的意思。只是到不久前这种书看上去才象我们所熟悉的纸质封皮的书籍；这些早期的纸皮书装订得除了大尺寸上小点之外与其它书都一样。Pocketbook (1685年）的下一个记录下来的用法又是指设计的以适合口袋大小的书， 但这次它却被用来做笔记或便笺。这一词后来又被用来指定形为本书一样的盒子，并且里面可以存放钱或纸张。最后，pocketbook 这个词又转指另一种存放物品的容纳物， 比如一只手袋或手提包，它很少会放得进口袋，形状也不一定象书。
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