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morsel

/mawr-suhl/US // ˈmɔr səl //UK // (ˈmɔːsəl) //

小菜一碟,小食,小吃,小菜

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a bite, mouthful, or small portion of food, candy, etc.
    • : a small piece, quantity, or amount of anything; scrap; bit.
    • : something very appetizing; treat or tidbit.
    • : a person or thing that is attractive or delightful.
v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to distribute in or divide into tiny portions: to morsel out the last pieces of meat.

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Examples

  • Surely every morsel of food she eats is weighed and hyper-optimized to deliver maximum performance, not purchased willy-nilly on the street.

  • I call it self-preservation in a world filled with delicious morsels that do not, over the long haul, have my best interests at heart.

  • It also allows the jaw to flex wider to accommodate larger morsels, he notes.

  • Then I’ll roast the remainder into crispy cumin-dusted morsels.

  • The strand then yanks the tiny morsel upward to flail in the air.

  • I still would never put another morsel of seagull anywhere near my mouth again.

  • From time to time the children dashed outside, to go to the bathroom or grab a morsel of food, and then retreated to the bunker.

  • Any morsel of rationale for why the “supremely safe” Boeing 777 vanished is swallowed like a pill.

  • Do you think I have charity to bestow, or a morsel of bread to spare?'

  • A well-written story is a perfect jewel, a perfect morsel, with no room for error.

  • And I have not had the first morsel of food prepared from this grain offered me since I reached the shores of Europe.

  • They competed for it only in order to get a morsel of food, so they would not have to beg it from door to door.

  • We snatched a hasty morsel or two, and then hurried on, in order to complete the second half of the road before sunset.

  • It is said he never eat a morsel at his own expense, and left about $35,000 to relatives whom he had never seen.

  • She holds her knife in her right hand, and in the other a crust of bread with her toothsome morsel on it.