这些名词均含“袋”之意。
bag : 普通用词，指一般的口袋，有时也指手提包。
- a plastic/polythene/paper bag
塑料 / 聚乙烯 / 纸袋 - a laundry/mail bag
洗衣袋；邮袋 - a black plastic rubbish/garbage bag
一只黑色塑料垃圾袋 - a shopping bag
购物袋 - a make-up bag
化妆品包 - He's upstairs unpacking his bags.
他在楼上打开他的旅行袋取出东西。 - She opened her bag (= her handbag ) and took out her comb.
她打开手提包，取出梳子。
sack : 应用较窄，指较大的袋子，如麻袋等。
- The corn was stored in large sacks.
玉米装在大麻袋里。 - a sack of potatoes/coal/flour
一袋土豆／煤／面粉 - They got through a sack of potatoes.
他们把一麻袋土豆吃完了。 - two sacks of groceries
两袋杂用品
handbag : 指手提包，尤指女人用的手提包。
- A crumpled scrap of paper was found in her handbag.
在她的手提包里发现了一张皱巴巴的小纸片。 - The slimline diary fits easily into a handbag.
这本细长的日记本很容易装进手提包里。 - She stared at the floor, idly playing with the strap of her handbag.
她眼睛盯着地板，漫不经心地摆弄着手提包的带子。
purse : 指钱包或小钱袋，在美国相当于bandbag。
- I took a coin out of my purse and gave it to the child.
我从钱包取出一枚硬币给那个小孩。 - She looked at me and then reached in her purse for cigarettes.
她看看我，接着伸手去包里拿香烟。
