morsel
noun /ˈmɔːsl/
/ˈmɔːrsl/
- a small amount or a piece of something, especially food
少量，一块（食物） - a tasty morsel of food
一点儿可口的食物 - He ate it all, down to the last morsel.
他全吃光了，一点儿不剩。
- a few tiny morsels of bread
几小片面包 - a juicy morsel of gossip
少许有趣的闲言碎语 - She couldn't eat even a morsel of the beef that he had ordered.
她连他点的一口牛肉都吃不下。 - They put out some tasty morsels for the hedgehogs.
他们为那些刺猬预备了一些可口的食物。
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- choice
- delicious
- juicy
- …
- eat
- morsel of
词源Middle English: from Old French, diminutive of mors ‘a bite’, from Latin mors- ‘bitten’, from the verb mordere. - a tasty morsel of food