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 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。
• 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。
• The patient has not had a morsel of food since the morning.
  从早上起病人一直没有进食。
• 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。
• But she could hardly get down a morsel.
  但她简直连一口也吃不下去。
• Grab every single morsel of happiness which comes your way.
  抓住旅途中点滴的快乐。
• 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。
• The prisoners ate every last morsel.
  囚犯们吃掉了最后每一点食物。
• 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。
• He ate it all, down to the last morsel.
  他全吃光了，一点不剩。