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

• What will you take yourself, miss? You'll take a morsel of something?
  你想吃点什么吗，小姐？吃一点好不好？
• 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。
• Consider a morsel of dark chocolate.
  考虑吃一小块黑巧克力。
• 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。
• I was no more to her than a morsel of scoff in the fuel-house.
  我在她的眼里还不如柴房里的一小堆木屑。
• Every morsel of food I ate.
  我吃的每一口食物。
• 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？
• Billy had the same morsel of lamb chop in his mouth for what seemed like five minutes.
  比利嚼着嘴里那块羊排，看来足有五分钟之久。
• 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。