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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• But she could hardly get down a morsel.
  但她简直连一口也吃不下去。
• But somewhere between the blueberry patch and the squirrels holes, bear lost his tiny morsel.
  但是在草莓地里和她挖得洞之间，大熊丢失他的食物。
• 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。
• The prisoners ate every last morsel.
  囚犯们吃掉了最后每一点食物。
• The problem, of course, is that you will probably down every last morsel.
  问题当然是你可能会吃掉剩下的每一口食物。
• 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。