morsel

英 ['mɔːsl] 美 ['mɔːrsl]

• n. 少量；一口；一片
• v. 分成小块

英英释义

Noun:

1. a small quantity of anything;

   "a morsel of paper was all he needed"
   

2. a small amount of solid food; a mouthful;

   "all they had left was a bit of bread"
   

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. He wouldn't do such silly things if he had a morsel of sense.
   他要是有一点常识的话，就不会干这种傻事。
2. Between the cup and the lip a morsel may slip.
   吃到嘴里的才算是你的。
3. He had a morsel of food caught between one tooth and another.
   他的齿缝里嵌进了一小片食物。

经典引文

• Frau Baumgartner took a morsel of food.

  出自： K. A. Porter

近反义词

【近义词】

• bit 少量
• crumb 【C】碎屑
• fragment 碎片
• piece 件
• scrap 碎片
• particle 颗粒
• shred 撕成碎片
• speck 斑点
• ort 剩菜
• tidbit 趣闻
• titbit 珍品
• atom 原子
• delicacy 柔弱
• mouthful 一口
• snack 小吃
• bite 咬