morsel

mor·sel

M0429400 (môr′səl)n.1. A small piece of food.2. A tasty delicacy; a tidbit.3. A small amount; a piece: a morsel of gossip.4. One that is delightful and extremely pleasing.

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[Middle English, from Old French, diminutive of mors, bite, from Latin morsum, from neuter past participle of mordēre, to bite; see mer- in Indo-European roots.]

morsel

(ˈmɔːsəl) n1. (Cookery) a small slice or mouthful of food2. a small piece; bit3. informal Irish a term of endearment for a child[C13: from Old French, from mors a bite, from Latin morsus, from mordēre to bite]

mor•sel

(ˈmɔr səl)

n. 1. a small portion of food; bite. 2. a small piece or amount of anything; scrap; bit. 3. an appetizing dish; treat. 4. one that is attractive or delightful. v.t. 5. to distribute in or divide into tiny portions (often fol. by out). [1250–1300; Middle English < Old French, =mors a bite + -el < Latin -ellus]

Morsel

 a small quantity—Johnson, 1755.Examples: morsel of feeling, 1860; of quicksilver ore, 1839; of territory, 1860.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	morsel - a small quantity of anything; "a morsel of paper was all he needed"small indefinite amount, small indefinite quantity - an indefinite quantity that is below average size or magnitude
	2.	morsel - a small amount of solid food; a mouthful; "all they had left was a bit of bread"bite, bitmouthful, taste - a small amount eaten or drunk; "take a taste--you'll like it"chaw, chew, cud, plug, quid, wad - a wad of something chewable as tobaccocrumb - small piece of e.g. bread or cakesop, sops - piece of solid food for dipping in a liquid

morsel

noun piece, bite, bit, slice, scrap, part, grain, taste, segment, fragment, fraction, snack, crumb, nibble, mouthful, tad (informal, chiefly U.S.), titbit, soupçon (French) a delicious little morsel of meat

morsel

noun1. A small portion of food:bit, crumb, mouthful, piece.Informal: bite.2. A light meal:bite, snack.3. Something fine and delicious, especially a food:dainty, delicacy, tidbit, treat.Informal: goody.

Translations

一口

morsel

(ˈmoːsəl) noun a small piece of something, especially food. a tasty morsel of fish for the cat. 一小塊(指食物) （食物的）一口