parcel
n. 包袱,包裹; (土地的)一塊; 一批,一群; (貨物的)一宗
vt. 分,區分; 把…劃成部分後分配; 給…打成包裹; 把…拼在一起
A parcel is something wrapped in paper, usually so that it can be sent to someone by post.
...parcels of food and clothing...
裝著食品和衣物的包裹
He had a large brown paper parcel under his left arm.
他左臂下夾著一個大牛皮紙郵包。
A parcel of land is a piece of land.
These small parcels of land were purchased for the most part by local people.
這些小塊土地大多數是當地人買下的。
A parcel of things or people is a quantity of them.
The woman who became his wife would be acquiring not just a husband but a run-down house and a parcel of financial worries.
女人嫁給他,得到的不僅是一個丈夫,還會有一棟破爛的房子和一大堆經濟問題。
If you say that something is part and parcel of something else, you are emphasizing that it is involved or included in it.
Payment was part and parcel of carrying on insurance business within the UK...
賠付是在英國開展保險業務必不可少的一部分。
It's all part and parcel — just a day's work really you know.
這只是一部分——才一天的工作,你要知道。
1. a wrapped container
2. the result of parcelling out or sharing;
3. an extended area of land
4. a collection of things wrapped or boxed together
1. divide into parts;
2. cover with strips of canvas;
3. make into a wrapped container
pack, package, packet, parcel, bunch, bundle
這些名詞均有"捆,包"之意。
pass the parcel
傳包裹(兒童遊戲,聽音樂傳包裹,音樂停止時拿著包裹的兒童可開啟一層包裹皮)
She probably dropped the parcel unawares.
她很可能無意中丟失了那包裹.
He was parcel blind with age.
他因年老眼睛近乎失明.
They were expecting a valuable parcel of diamonds from South Africa.
他們正在期待一包來自南非的貴重鑽石.
The parcel was sent express.
這包裹是用快遞方式寄出去的.
Norma looked at the parcel and whistled softly through her teeth.
諾爾瑪看著包裹,輕柔地哼起了口哨.