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 dog often gets a nice morsel.
  这条狗常得到一点好吃的东西。
• Consider a morsel of dark chocolate.
  考虑吃一小块黑巧克力。
• 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。
• 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。
• Every morsel of food I ate.
  我吃的每一口食物。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。