parcel
- IPA[ˈpärs(ə)l]
美式
- a thing or collection of things wrapped in paper in order to be carried or sent by mail；a quantity or amount of something, especially as dealt with in one commercial transaction
- make (something) into a parcel by wrapping it；divide into portions and then distribute
verb: parcel, 3rd person present: parcels, gerund or present participle: parcelling, past tense: parcelled, past participle: parcelled
noun: parcel, plural noun: parcels
- 釋義
- 片語
名詞
- 1. a thing or collection of things wrapped in paper in order to be carried or sent by mail a brown paper parcel a parcel bomb 同義詞
- 2. a quantity or amount of something, especially as dealt with in one commercial transaction a parcel of shares 同義詞
- ▪ a piece of land, especially one considered as part of an estate she decided to divide her property into three parcels and invite sealed bids 同義詞
- ▪ technical a portion of a larger body of air or other fluid considered as a discrete element an inversion forms a barrier to a rising parcel of air
動詞
- 1. make (something) into a parcel by wrapping it he parceled up the goods and sent them back 同義詞
- ▪ divide into portions and then distribute they will start parceling out radio frequencies for digital cordless telephones 同義詞
- 2. wrap (rope) with strips of tarred canvas, before binding it with yarn as part of a traditional technique to reduce chafing.
