Word · Frequency #15533
Fully loadedmorsel
一小份食物；一口
a small amount of solid food; a mouthful
- 1.
A small fragment or share of something, commonly applied to food.
一小块或一份,常指食物。
- 2.
A mouthful of food.
一口食物。
- 3.
A very small amount.
极少量。
少量；一小片；一小块或一份,常指食物。；一口食物。；极少量。；一口
In use
He savored every morsel of the rich chocolate cake.
She didn't offer a morsel of evidence to support her claim.
The bird pecked at a morsel of bread on the ground.
a morsel of + noun
表示一小块或少量，常用于食物。
She ate a morsel of bread.
她吃了一小块面包。
not a morsel
强调完全没有吃任何食物。
I haven't eaten a morsel all day.
我一整天没吃一口东西。
every morsel of + noun
强调全部吃完，常用于食物。
He devoured every morsel of the cake.
他把蛋糕的每一小块都吃光了。
Connections
Collocations
- a tasty morsel
- 一小块美味的食物
- She picked up a tasty morsel of grilled fish.她夹起一小块美味的烤鱼。
- a morsel of bread
- 一小块面包
- He dipped a morsel of bread into the soup.他把一小块面包蘸进汤里。
- the last morsel
- 最后一口
- He ate the last morsel of cake.他吃掉了最后一口蛋糕。
- every morsel
- 每一点；全部
- The hungry boy ate every morsel of the stew.那个饥饿的男孩把炖菜吃得一干二净。
- a morsel of truth
- 一丝实情
- There was a morsel of truth in his excuse.他的借口里有一丝实情。
- a morsel of gossip
Learner notes
Memory Tip
morsel 听起来像 more，但意思相反：再 'more' 也只是一小口，够解馋而已。
Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：日常用餐或进食、书面或文学描写、谈论少量食物时 morsel 属于中性偏文雅的用词，通常可用于书面或比较讲究的叙述，也见于日常口语；不过日常对话中更常听到 bit、piece 等说法。实际使用时没有明显的正式/非正式限制。
Grammar Note
常用 a morsel of 表示一小块/少量
Pronunciation & Spelling
No common exact rhymes for morsel /ˈmɔːsəl/. Parcel, tassel, and vessel end in the same -sel spelling but have different vowel sounds (/ɑː/, /æ/, /e/). Chisel and weasel are lookalikes: their final -sel is pronounced /zəl/, not /səl/. Hassle shares the /səl/ ending but has the vowel /æ/ and different spelling (-sle). The sound of morsel is /ˈmɔːsəl/, with the 'or' pronounced as /ɔː/.
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