- (especially British English) (North American English usually package)
something that is wrapped in paper or put into a thick envelope so that it can be sent by mail, carried easily or given as a present 包裹；小包 There's a parcel and some letters for you. 有你的一个包裹和几封信。 She was carrying a parcel of books under her arm. 她腋下夹着一包书。 The prisoners were allowed food parcels. 囚犯可以收食物包裹。
Extra ExamplesHe came in laden with parcels for the children. 他带着给孩子们的大包小包进来了。 I sealed up the box with brown parcel tape. 我用棕色胶带封上了那个箱子。 She went to collect her parcel from the depot. 她去库房领取包裹。 The courier tried to deliver a parcel yesterday but I'd already left. 快递员昨日想投递一个包裹，但我已经离开了。 The waiter had our left-over food made up into a parcel to take home. 侍者给我们把剩下的食物打包带回家。 This morning a parcel arrived containing a signed copy of his new book. 今天上午到了一个包裹，里面有一本他签过名的新书。 We left little parcels outside each person's door. 我们在每个人的门口放了些小包裹。 a parcel-delivery business 包裹投递业务
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- large
- little
- small
- …
- post
- send
- deliver
- …
- arrive
- contain something
- delivery
- tape
- bomb
- …
- in a/the parcel
- parcel from
- parcel to
- …
a piece of land 一块地；一片地 50 five-acre parcels have already been sold. 五英亩一块的土地已经售出 50 块。
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a small amount of food that is wrapped in something, usually pastry, before it is cooked 油酥包（通常以油酥皮包裹少许食物烹制） filo pastry parcels 千层油酥包 cheese and spinach parcels 奶酪和菠菜包 Fold up the pastry to form a parcel. 把糕点折起来做成一个包裹。 Place the fish on top, tucking any tail ends under to make neat parcels. 把鱼放在最上面，再把尾部塞进去，使小食包光滑整洁。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- neat
- baked
- crispy
- …
- be stuffed with something
Word Originlate Middle English (chiefly in the sense ‘small portion’): from Old French parcelle, from Latin particula ‘small part’.
Idioms
part and parcel of something
an essential part of something 重要部分；基本部分 More Like This Alliteration in idiomsAlliteration in idioms- belt and braces
- black and blue
- born and bred
- chalk and cheese
- chop and change
- done and dusted
- down and dirty
- in dribs and drabs
- eat somebody out of house and home
- facts and figures
- fast and furious
- first and foremost
- forgive and forget
- hale and hearty
- hem and haw
- kith and kin
- mix and match
- part and parcel
- puff and pant
- to rack and ruin
- rant and rave
- risk life and limb
- short and sweet
- signed and sealed
- spic and span
- through thick and thin
- this and that
- top and tail
- tried and tested
- wax and wane