- (British English) (North American English packet)
a closed plastic or paper package that contains a very small amount of liquid or a powder (密封的塑料或纸质)小袋 a sachet of sauce/sugar/shampoo 一小袋调味汁/糖/洗发剂
a small bag containing dried herbs or flowers that you put with your clothes to make them smell pleasant (置于衣物中的)小香囊,小香袋 Her nightdresses were neatly folded, with a lavender sachet between each. 她的睡衣叠得整整齐齐,中间夹着一个薰衣草香囊。
Word Originmid 19th cent. (in sense (2)): from French, ‘little bag’, diminutive of sac, from Latin saccus ‘sack, bag’.