morsel

英 [ˈmɔːsl]

美 [ˈmɔːrsl]

n.  少量，一块(食物)

复数：morsels　

GRE

BNC.15533 / COCA.15599

牛津词典

noun

• 少量，一块（食物）
  a small amount or a piece of sth, especially food
  1. a tasty morsel of food
     一点可口的食物
  2. He ate it all, down to the last morsel.
     他全吃光了，一点不剩。

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 一点点，一小份(尤指食物)
  Amorselis a very small amount of something, especially a very small piece of food.
  1. ...a delicious little morsel of meat.
     一小块美味可口的肉

英英释义

noun

• a small amount of solid food
  1. all they had left was a bit of bread
  Synonym:bitbite
• a small quantity of anything
  1. a morsel of paper was all he needed

双语例句

• A grasshopper half-dead with hunger, came by and asked the ants for a morsel to save his life.
  此时，一只饿得半死不活的蝗虫，来到这儿求蚂蚁给他点儿吃得。
• Before this, a long time before, he had given up his two eggs and the morsel of beef which he ate from time to time.
  从前，他也偶然吃上两个鸡蛋和一块牛肉，但是长期以来，连这也放弃了。
• He ate it all, down to the last morsel.
  他全吃光了，一点不剩。
• There's a morsel of good economic news this morning& the inflation rate has fallen slightly.
  今天早上有点滴经济好消息&通货膨胀率有了一点下降。
• A soul for a morsel of bread.
  令人痛心的买卖。一个人的灵魂交换一块面包。
• Jn. 13:30 Therefore having taken the morsel, he went out immediately; and it was night.
  约十三30犹大接受了那点饼，就立即出去，那时候是夜间了。
• Miniature Yorkshire puddings with a morsel of beef and horse radish make a great canap é.
  微型约克郡布丁，是牛肉与白萝卜根据一定的比例调和而成。
• Or have eaten my morsel myself alone, and the fatherless hath not eaten thereof;
  或独自吃我一点食物，孤儿没有与我同吃。
• But when they find a juicy morsel for themselves, they devour it in silence, hensure.
  但当是她们自己发现了一小块美食时，就会静静地很温驯地吞下往。
• The problem, of course, is that you will probably down every last morsel.
  问题当然是你可能会吃掉剩下的每一口食物。