wallet學測 L3KK [ˈwɔlət] ｜ /ˈwɔlət/
皮夾；錢包
付錢時從口袋掏出皮夾找卡
Before leaving the house, Tom always pats his pocket to check his wallet is there.
出門前，Tom 總會拍拍口袋，確認皮夾還在。
一個畫面：拍兜確認
拍兜確認手拍後口袋，確認皮夾還在
掏出翻找抽出皮夾，翻找卡片或現金
扁身好收扁平形狀，方便貼身放入口袋
義項
掏兜找卡A2noun皮夾；錢包
When I went to pay for my coffee, I reached into my pocket and pulled out my wallet to find my credit card.
去付咖啡錢的時候，我伸手進口袋，掏出皮夾找信用卡。
a leather walletlose your walletopen your wallet
片語
lose your wallet皮夾不見 →把皮夾弄丟
open your wallet掏錢消費 →開始掏錢花費
wallet-friendly價格親民 →價格不傷荷包
empty your wallet荷包見底 →把身上的錢花光
你會不會這樣說？
要表達可放進口袋的扁平皮夾，英文該用 wallet 還是 handbag？
看答案
wallet
purse 英式指小錢包、美式多指手提包；wallet 才是口袋皮夾。
'He reached into his pocket and pulled out his wallet.' 這句話中的 wallet 最接近哪個意思？(A) 皮夾 (B) 手提包 (C) 存錢筒
看答案
(A)
wallet 指可放口袋的扁平皮夾，不是大型手提包或存錢筒。
順路看看
purse — 英式常指小錢包或零錢包，美式常指手提包pocket — 口袋，皮夾最常見的收納處cash — 皮夾裡存放的現金統稱多益練習
本區為多益情境練習，與上方釋義獨立編寫
情境例句
辦公室失物
Someone left a brown wallet on the conference table.
有人把一個棕色皮夾遺留在會議桌上。
員工識別證
Jia took her staff ID out of her wallet at the reception desk.
佳在接待櫃台從皮夾裡拿出員工識別證。
詞族
wallet noun (singular) 皮夾；錢包・wallets noun (plural) 多個皮夾；多個錢包
四選一
The receptionist found three leather ____ under the conference table.
看答案
wallets
three 後面需要複數名詞 wallets，完整句意為接待人員找到三個皮夾。wallet 是單數；wallet's 和 wallets' 是所有格，此處沒有可由所有格修飾或省略代替的名詞。
同義改寫
Before the meeting, Ben put his folding leather wallet in his desk drawer. → Before the meeting, Ben put his leather billfold in his desk drawer.
此處明確指可摺疊的皮夾，因此可用 billfold 替換 folding wallet；材質、時間和放置位置皆保留。
At work, Nora keeps her cash and cards in a small, flat wallet. → At work, Nora keeps her cash and cards in a small, flat case designed to hold them.
改寫以用途描述 wallet，保留上班時把現金與卡片放在小型扁平收納夾裡的意思。