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

• 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。
• Smell the perfume of flowers, taste with relish each morsel, as if tomorrow you could never smell and taste again.
  去闻花朵的芳香，津津有味地去尝美味佳肴，就好像你明天会再也不能闻到，尝到一样。
• Grab every single morsel of happiness which comes your way.
  抓住旅途中点滴的快乐。
• 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。
• Consider a morsel of dark chocolate.
  考虑吃一小块黑巧克力。
• He ate every savoury morsel of a delectable stew at the dinner.
  晚餐时他吃遍每一道味美可口的炖食。
• The prisoners ate every last morsel.
  囚犯们吃掉了最后每一点食物。
• 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？
• 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。