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。
一小份食物;一口
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一小份食物;一口
a small amount of solid food; a mouthful
She ate a morsel of bread.
她吃了一小块面包。
一小块或一份,常指食物。
A small fragment or share of something, commonly applied to food.
一口食物。
A mouthful of food.
极少量。
A very small amount.
He savored every morsel of the rich chocolate cake.
他细细品味着那块浓郁巧克力蛋糕的每一小口。
She didn't offer a morsel of evidence to support her claim.
她没有提供一丝证据来支持她的说法。
The bird pecked at a morsel of bread on the ground.
小鸟啄着地上的一小块面包。
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。
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。
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。
形容词修饰 morsel,表示美味的一口。
She savored the tasty morsel.
她细细品味了那美味的一口。
Not this
She took a morsel of hot coffee.
Use this
She took a sip of hot coffee.
morsel 指一小块固体食物,而咖啡是液体,应使用 sip 或 mouthful。
Not this
He didn't eat any morsel.
Use this
He didn't eat a single morsel.
morsel 是可数名词,表示‘一口’或‘一小块’,在否定句中通常需要冠词 a 或数词修饰,不能直接用 any morsel。
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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。
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。
最后一口
He ate the last morsel of cake.
他吃掉了最后一口蛋糕。
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。
一丝实情
There was a morsel of truth in his excuse.
他的借口里有一丝实情。
一点小道消息
She shared a morsel of gossip about the new manager.
她分享了一点关于新经理的小道消息。
一丝真相;少量事实
Although the rumor was mostly false, there was a morsel of truth in it.
虽然这则传言大部分是假的,但其中也有一丝真相。
一则劲爆的八卦;一条有趣的流言
She shared a juicy morsel of gossip about their new neighbor.
她分享了一条关于他们新邻居的劲爆八卦。
一丝希望
The doctor's words offered a morsel of hope to the worried family.
医生的话给这个忧心忡忡的家庭带来了一丝希望。
宁可只有一块干饼而相安无事,也不愿满屋佳肴却争吵不休。
This famous proverb comes from the Bible (Proverbs 17:1, King James Version). It uses 'morsel' as a small piece of food to teach that peace is more valuable than abundance.
这则著名谚语出自《圣经·箴言》17章1节(钦定版)。它用 morsel 指一小块食物,说明平安比丰盛更宝贵。
一小段真实的历史极为难得,因此始终珍贵。
Often attributed to Thomas Jefferson, this quote uses 'morsel' figuratively to mean a very small amount of something.
这句话常被归于托马斯·杰斐逊,用 morsel 比喻极少量的事物。
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morsel 听起来像 more,但意思相反:再 'more' 也只是一小口,够解馋而已。
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。
常用 a morsel of 表示一小块/少量
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