a small amount or a piece of something, especially food 少量,一块(食物) Extra Examplesa few tiny morsels of bread 几小片面包 a juicy morsel of gossip 少许有趣的闲言碎语 She couldn't eat even a morsel of the beef that he had ordered. 她连他点的一口牛肉都吃不下。 They put out some tasty morsels for the hedgehogs. 他们为那些刺猬预备了一些可口的食物。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- choice
- delicious
- juicy
- …
- eat
- morsel of
Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French, diminutive of mors ‘a bite’, from Latin mors- ‘bitten’, from the verb mordere.