• n. 一口；（食物）少量
• n. (Morsel)人名；(法)莫塞爾

來自拉丁語mordere,咬，詞源同mordant,remorse.即咬下的一小口，引申詞義少量，小塊食物。

morsel

morsel: [13] Etymologically, a morsel is a piece ‘bitten’ off. The word comes from Old French morsel, a diminutive of mors ‘bite’. This in turn goes back to Latin morsus, a derivative of the same base as the verb mordēre ‘bite’. Other English words from the same source include mordant [15] and remorse.
=> mordant, remorse

morsel (n.)

late 13c., "a bite, mouthful; small piece, fragment," from Old French morsel (Modern French morceau) "small bite, portion, helping," diminutive of mors "a bite," from Latin morsus "biting, a bite," neuter past participle of mordere "to bite" (see mordant).

1. a tasty morsel of food

一點(diǎn)可口的食物

來自《權(quán)威詞典》

2. He ate every savoury morsel of a delectable stew at the dinner.

晚餐時(shí)他吃遍每一道味美可口的燉食.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

3. He refused to touch a morsel of the food they had brought.

他們拿來的東西他一口也不吃.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

4. The patient has not had a morsel of food since the morning.

從早上起病人一直沒有進(jìn)食.

來自《現(xiàn)代漢英綜合大詞典》

5. The poor morsel of food only whetted desire.

那塊小的可憐的喜糕反而激起了他們的食欲.

來自英漢文學(xué) - 湯姆歷險(xiǎn)