释义
[ pahr -suh l ] SHOW IPA
/ ˈpɑr səl / PHONETIC RESPELLING
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noun an object, article, container, or quantity of something wrapped or packed up; small package; bundle.
a quantity or unit of something, as of a commodity for sale; lot.
a group, collection, or assemblage of persons or things.
a distinct, continuous portion or tract of land.
a part, portion, or fragment.
SEE MORE SEE LESS verb (used with object), par·celed, par·cel·ing or (especially British ) par·celled, par·cel·ling. to divide into or distribute in parcels or portions (usually followed by out ).
to make into a parcel or wrap as a parcel.
Nautical . to cover or wrap (a rope) with strips of canvas.
SEE MORE SEE LESS adverb Archaic . in part; partially.
Origin of parcel First recorded in 1275–1325; Middle English, from Middle French parcelle, from unattested Late Latin particella, fresh formation for Latin particula; see particle, passel
SYNONYMS FOR parcel 3 batch, assortment.
6 mete, apportion, deal, allot.
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synonym study for parcel 1 . See package.
OTHER WORDS FROM parcel un·par·celed, adjective un·par·celled, adjective un·par·cel·ling, adjective Words nearby parcel parazoan, parboil, parbuckle, Parca, Parcae, parcel , parcel gilding, parcel-gilt, parceling, parcel out, parcel post
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Example sentences from the Web for parcel In contrast, SIX is clearly part and parcel of the Democratic establishment.
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This happens in the art world as well, where it can be more profitable to parcel off pieces of ancient vases.
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The discrimination and slights Abe experiences are “part and parcel of what we are experiencing in the world,” says Akhtar.
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They had wandered up and down, unable to deliver themselves of their parcel .
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It is part and parcel of the implicit politics of Snap Judgment, which folds the margins of American society into its center.
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Once, by way of a joke, young Sia put a small snake into a parcel , which he gave her and told her to open.
The Chinese Fairy Book | Various
Angelina could not remember that she had ever had a parcel before, and the excitement of this one must be prolonged.
The Golden Scarecrow | Hugh Walpole
The fruiterer's daughter was putting into the cabriolet a parcel belonging to Georges at the moment of his arrest.
Memoirs of Napoleon Bonaparte, Complete | Louis Antoine Fauvelet de Bourrienne
It was part and parcel of the original agitation of slavery commenced in 1835, and continued ever since.
Thirty Years' View (Vol. II of 2) | Thomas Hart Benton
Mail trucks loaded with parcel post matter to betransported to different stations in the city.
The Postal System of the United States and the New York General Post Office | Thomas C. Jefferies
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British Dictionary definitions for parcel noun something wrapped up; package
a group of people or things having some common characteristic
a quantity of some commodity offered for sale; lot
a distinct portion of land
an essential part of something (esp in the phrase part and parcel )
SEE MORE SEE LESS verb -cels , -celling or -celled or US -cels , -celing or -celed (tr) (often foll by up) to make a parcel of; wrap up
(often foll by out) to divide (up) into portions
nautical to bind strips of canvas around (a rope)
SEE MORE SEE LESS adverb an archaic word for partly
Word Origin for parcel C14: from Old French parcelle, from Latin particula particle
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Idioms and Phrases with parcel In addition to the idiom beginning with parcel
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