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

• The reason BP is such a tasty morsel now?
  这一次，英国石油公司赢得如此关注的原因何在？
• 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。
• The hungry children did not leave a morsel of food on their plates.
  饿了的孩子们没有在盘子里留下一点食物的碎屑。
• But somewhere between the blueberry patch and the squirrels holes, bear lost his tiny morsel.
  但是在草莓地里和她挖得洞之间，大熊丢失他的食物。
• Even if I am a morsel of lemon, I also wanna squeeze out a barrel of lemon juice!
  即使我是一片柠檬，我也要挤出一桶柠檬汁！
• But she could hardly get down a morsel.
  但她简直连一口也吃不下去。
• 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。
• 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。
• The portly gentlemen in the front rows began to feel that she was a delicious little morsel.
  前排的那些大腹便便的绅士们开始觉得她是一个可人的小东西。
• He refused to touch a morsel of the food they had brought.
  他们拿来的东西他一口也不吃。