morsel英语原文释义、词形变化、词源和词汇关系

英文释义

名词 n.

A small fragment or share of something, commonly applied to food.

— By sticking out his tongue and curling it sideways to explore the hairy jungle around his mouth, he was always able to find a tasty morsel here and there to nibble on.
A mouthful of food.

— Me thinks I ſee the Turke nodding vvith his Turban, and telling me that I ſhould thanke Heaven for that diſtance vvhich is betvvixt us, els he vvould ſvvallovv me all up at one morſell; […]
A very small amount.

— Didn't even a morsel of decency remain in his brother?

动词 v.

To divide into small pieces. transitive
To feed with small pieces of food. obsolete,rare,transitive

词形变化

morsels plural morcel alternative morsels present,singular,third-person morseling US,participle,present morselling UK,participle,present morseled US,participle,past morseled US,past morselled UK,participle,past morselled UK,past morcel alternative

词汇关系

衍生词

morselization morselize Adam's morsel

词源

词源 1

From Middle English morsel, from Old French morsel, from Medieval Latin morsellum (“a bit, a little piece”), diminutive of Latin morsum (“a bit”), neuter of morsus, perfect passive participle of mordeo (“to bite”). Compare French morceau, whence the English doublet morceau.

词源 2

From Middle English morsel, from Old French morsel, from Medieval Latin morsellum (“a bit, a little piece”), diminutive of Latin morsum (“a bit”), neuter of morsus, perfect passive participle of mordeo (“to bite”). Compare French morceau, whence the English doublet morceau.