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单词 morsel
释义 mor·sel
I. \ˈmȯrsəl, ˈmȯ(ə)s-\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: Middle English, from Old French, from mors bite (from Latin morsus, from morsus, past participle of mordēre to bite) + -el — more at smart
1.
 a. : a small piece or quantity of food : bite
  < the multitude was kept quiet by the morsels of meat which were flung to it — J.A.Froude >
  < deftly ladled a spoonful of this and a morsel of that into the … skillet — Elinor Wylie >
  < a bitter morsel to swallow >
 b. : a small meal : snack
  < came home, ate his morsel quickly, and left >
2. : a small quantity of something : a little piece or portion : fragment
 < that morsel of information lay dormant for over a hundred years — C.C.Furnas >
 < his last remaining morsel of self-respect >
 < a tiny morsel of land lost in the ocean >
3.
 a. : a tasty dish : tidbit
  < such exotic morsels as Japanese frog legs, Alaskan king crabs, Indian pompano — Time >
  < sitting apart munching his own delectable morsels — C.S.Kilby >
 b. : something delectable and pleasing
  < the girl … is young and very pretty … a morsel worth a little lordly condescension — Eric Blom >
  < his shorter piano pieces include some choice morsels >
4. : a small or negligible person
 < this ancient morsel — Shakespeare >
II. transitive verb
(morseled or morselled ; morseled or morselled ; morseling or morselling ; morsels)
: to divide into or apportion in small pieces
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