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

• So there he sat full of grief and sorrow, eating only a morsel of bread each day and drinking only a mouthful of wine, and yet he realized that his death was coming closer and closer.
  他在无限痛苦和悲伤中，每天只吃一点面包，喝一小口酒。可是他依然意识到死期越来越近了。
• 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？
• In their eyes I was an even tastier morsel than mama. I could see it.
  我在他们的眼中是更解馋的，我看出来。
• But she could hardly get down a morsel.
  但她简直连一口也吃不下去。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Grab every single morsel of happiness which comes your way.
  抓住旅途中点滴的快乐。
• The dog often gets a nice morsel.
  这条狗常得到一点好吃的东西。
• 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。