英:[ˈmɔːsl]
美:[ˈmɔːrsl]
英:[ˈmɔːsl]
美:[ˈmɔːrsl]
mor·sel
mor sl
复数:morsels
第三人称单数:morsels
现在分词:morselling或morseling
过去式:morselled或morseled
过去分词:morselled或morseled
noun
a small piece of food : bite
a small quantity : fragment
a tasty dish
something delectable and pleasing
a negligible person
verb
transitive verb
to divide into or distribute in small pieces
13世纪晚期,“一口,一小块食物,碎片”,源自古法语 morsel(现代法语 morceau)“小口,一份,一份”,是 mors “一口”的减小形式,源自拉丁语 morsum,中性形式为 morsus “咬,一口”,过去分词为 mordēre “咬”,可能来自于 PIE 词根 *mer- “磨损,伤害”的扩展形式。
Noun Middle English, from Anglo-French, diminutive of mors bite, from Latin morsus, from mordēre to bite — more at mordant
The first known use of morsel was in the 14th century
mortgageenoun
a person to whom property is mortgaged
mortgage1 of 2noun
a transfer of rights to a piece of property (as a house) usually in return for a loan and that is canceled when the loan is paid
the document recording such a transfer
mortgage2 of 2verb
to transfer rights to a piece of property by a mortgage
to place under an obligation : pledge in advance
mortar1 of 2noun
a strong deep bowl in which substances are pounded or crushed with a pestle
a short muzzle-loading cannon used to fire shells at a low speed and at high angles
mortar2 of 2noun
a building material made of lime and cement mixed with sand and water that is spread between bricks or stones so as to hold them together when it hardens
mortar1 of 2noun
a strong deep bowl in which substances are pounded or crushed with a pestle
a short muzzle-loading cannon used to fire shells at a low speed and at high angles
mortar2 of 2noun
a building material made of lime and cement mixed with sand and water that is spread between bricks or stones so as to hold them together when it hardens
mortar1 of 2noun
a strong deep bowl in which substances are pounded or crushed with a pestle
a short muzzle-loading cannon used to fire shells at a low speed and at high angles
mortar2 of 2noun
a building material made of lime and cement mixed with sand and water that is spread between bricks or stones so as to hold them together when it hardens
mortarboardnoun
a board used to hold mortar while it is being applied
an academic cap with a broad flat square top and tassel that is worn at graduation and other ceremonies
mortar1 of 2noun
a strong deep bowl in which substances are pounded or crushed with a pestle
a short muzzle-loading cannon used to fire shells at a low speed and at high angles
mortar2 of 2noun
a building material made of lime and cement mixed with sand and water that is spread between bricks or stones so as to hold them together when it hardens
mortalitynoun
the quality or state of being mortal
the death of large numbers (as of animals or people)
the number of deaths in a given time or place
the ratio of deaths occurring in a certain time in a given population to the number of individuals in the population
mortal1 of 2adjective
capable of causing death
a mortal wound
certain to die
animals are mortal
extremely unfriendly
a mortal enemy
very great or severe
in mortal fear
human entry 1 sense 1
mortal limitations
of, relating to, or connected with death
mortal agony
mortal2 of 2noun
a human being
morselnoun
a small piece of food : bite
a small quantity or piece
1 The raven flapped its wings and gobbled up the morsel, then croaked at Ivan.
2 It gobbled up the morsels Taran gave it, then looked around for more.
3 We packed a morsel of food, for we little knew where our next meal was coming from.
4 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.
5 I use peanut butter morsels and chocolate chips.
6 “Come to think of it, I wouldn’t mind a little amphibious morsel.”
7 I tossed hundreds of meerkat morsels at him that I would gladly have eaten myself.
8 Grab every single morsel of happiness which comes your way.
抓住旅途中点滴的快乐。
9 The host inserted his hand into the thin neck of the calabash and took out a morsel of food.
10 I had one morsel of bread yet: the remnant of a roll I had bought in a town we passed through at noon with a stray penny—my last coin.
11 He traded one cup to the furrier for a morsel of bread and sheep’s-milk cheese.
12 I’ve never seen anything like the way his hand races back and forth across the pad, the way his eyes seem to suck in every morsel of the models posing before him.
13 Often they would lay aside the tastiest morsels for the warders in exchange for favors or preferential treatment.
14 The fox finds a morsel and buries it, a precaution against an unpredictable future.
狐狸发现了一些食物并埋了起来,这是对不可预测的未来的一种防备。
15 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。
16 After dessert, after I’d picked up every morsel of that delicious key-lime pie with my fork tines, I said to Ben, “Hey. How about showing me that new hamster you got for Christmas?”
17 A soul for a morsel of bread.
一个人的灵魂交换一块面包.
18 When the other two called “psee,” he fed them morsel by morsel, patiently, devotedly.
19 Yet she had evidently nothing of the fluttering, flapping quality morsel of bunting in the wind.
不过,在她身上,找不到一点迎风招展 、 随风飘舞的旗子的性质.
20 I drew my hands back, coming away with the last morsel of my bread.
5 一口
go pull drink shot draft bite snack suck sip tot Nip sup jolt tidbit dram mouthful toothful bite-sized taste draught holus-bolus bit piece drain chew snatch nip nibble whiff chaw titbit gobbet lap gulp snifter at a draft
8 一点点
drop spot ounce straw mite dick whiff Whit modicum smidgen tittle groat stiver skerrick cool petty little touch taste tooth shadow trace spark trait scrap smack tithe whit minim soupcon scantling
9 小片
bit scrap rag snippet snip swatch tidbit fleck nub wisp nubbin collop smithereens odd-come-short chip tablet particle pearl speck fritter thrum gobbet ort morceau scutellum skerrick sippet
10 一点儿
touch taste inch sprinkle dribble nip tincture tinge sprinkling vestige iota a bit the least a tad a mite
11 少量
some short bite-sized wheen drop spot taste inch dose bite snack ounce handful fraction dash sprinkle scatter quantum shred rag tad mite crumb dab relish dribble tot Nip jot nibble speck dram dollop mouthful hoot trifle sprinkling scattering smattering modicum paucity noggin pittance smidgen daub littleness smidgeon drib soupcon pennyworth driblet skerrick little gnat's heel dribs and drabs red cent pinch of some little light lean spare meagre exiguous bit shot shade grain dot suspicion chicken-feed nothing much element scrap splash pinch puff blob spoonful smallness scantiness small sparing bean smack drab semblance groat dreg scantling a modicum of hint ray slug gleam gobbet in dribs and drabs slight frugal fractional scant dinky lightly sparingly marginally fractionally group thread trace nip sliver in small doses a little a bit a tad a mite dribblet fewtrils somewhat lick jolt spatter capful titbit thimbleful twopenny curn toothful scanty scantly penorth thought pickle snatch swatch snort whoop teaspoonful morceau dite fiddlestick skosh pennorth haet any a bit of
12 点滴
13 把…分成小块
15 一小份