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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• The patient has not had a morsel of food since the morning.
  从早上起病人一直没有进食。
• 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！
• 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。
• 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。
• Consider a morsel of dark chocolate.
  考虑吃一小块黑巧克力。
• But she could hardly get down a morsel.
  但她简直连一口也吃不下去。
• 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。