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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary par·cel \\ˈpär-səl\\ noun ETYMOLOGY Middle English, from Anglo-French parcele, from Vulgar Latin *particella, from Latin particula small part — more at particle DATE 14th century 1.
a. fragment , portion
b. a volume of a fluid (as air) considered as a single entity within a greater volume of the same fluid2. a tract or plot of land3. a company, collection, or group of persons, animals, or things : lot
the whole story was a parcel of lies4.
a. a wrapped bundle : package
b. a unit of salable merchandiseadverb DATE 15th century archaic : partly adjective DATE 15th century : part-time , partial transitive verb
( -celed or -celled ; -cel·ing or par·cel·ling \\ˈpär-s(ə-)liŋ\\)
DATE 15th century 1. to divide into parts : distribute — often used with out2. to make up into a parcel : wrap 3. to cover (as a rope) with strips of canvas or tape parcel
c.1300, "part" (sense preserved in phrase parcel of land), from O.Fr. parcelle "small piece, particle, parcel," from V.L. *particella, dim. of L. particula, dim. of pars (gen. partis) "part" (see part). Meaning "package" is first recorded c.1645. The verb meaning "to divide into small portions" is from 1584. Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary-牛津双解-OALD7 parcelpar·cel / 5pB:sl; NAmE 5pB:rsl / noun1. (especially BrE) ( NAmE usually pack·age) 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。2. 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。 IDIOMS ⇨ see part n. verb(especially BrE) ( -ll-, NAmE -l-)
[VN] ~ sth (up) to wrap sth up and make it into a parcel 包；裹好；打包:
She parcelled up the books to send. 她把要寄走的书包了起来。 PHRASAL VERBS ▪ 7parcel sth ↔ 'out
to divide sth into parts or between several people 把某物分开；把某物(在几个人之间)分:
The land was parcelled out into small lots. 这块地被分成了若干小块。 Oxford Collocations Dictionary for Students of English Oxford Collocations dictionary for students of Englishparcel
noun ADJ. bulky | neat | brown-paper | gift-wrapped, tissue-wrapped, etc. | clothing, food VERB + PARCEL post, send | get, receive | make sth (up) into, pack (up), wrap, wrap sth (up) in The waiter had our left-over food made up into a parcel to take home. | open, unpack, unwrap PARCEL + NOUN bomb PREP. in a/the ~ | ~ from, ~ to PHRASES laden/loaded with parcels He came in laden with parcels for the children. Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged par·celI. \ˈpärsəl, ˈpȧs-, dial except in sense 3 ˈpas- or ˈpaas-\ noun
( -s) Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French parcelle, parcel, from (assumed) Vulgar Latin particella, alteration of Latin particula small part — more at particle 1.
a. : a component part of a whole : division , fragment , portion
< nature in all her parcels and faculties fell apart — G.M.Hopkins >
— often used in the phrase part and parcel
< part and parcel of a larger tract >
b. obsolete : a particular detail : item
< I will die a hundred thousand deaths ere break the smallest parcel of this vow — Shakespeare >2.
a. : a continuous tract or plot of land in one possession no part of which is separated from the rest by intervening land in other possession
b. : a tract or plot of land whose boundaries are readily ascertainable by natural or artificial monuments or markers 3. : a company, collection, or group of persons, animals, or things : lot , pack — often used as a generalized expression of disapproval
< shooing out a parcel of hens — Ida Treat >
< a small parcel of cows and a few sheep — Elizabeth M. Roberts >
< came to control a whole parcel of maritime companies — E.J.Kahn >
< a parcel of giddy young kids — Mark Twain >4.
a. : a wrapped bundle of one or more objects : package
< the box was obviously a diamond parcel — Emily Hahn >
< old ladies … rustling their luncheon parcels — Anthony Carson >
< divide science into convenient pedagogic and administrative parcels — Scientific American Reader >
b. : a unit of salable merchandise 5. : parceling 2 Synonyms: see part II. adverbEtymology: Middle English, from parcel, n. archaic : partly III. transitive verb
( parceled or parcelled ; parceled or parcelled ; parceling or parcelling \-s(ə)liŋ\ ; parcels) Etymology: parcel (I) 1. : to divide into parts or portions : distribute — often used with out
< small segments of the plantation were parceled out to farmers — W.B.Furlong >2. : to make up into a parcel : bundle , wrap
< parcel his purchase >3. : to cover (as a rope or a caulked seam) with strips of canvas Synonyms: see apportion IV. adjectiveEtymology: parcel (I) : part-time , partial V. noun: a volume of a fluid (as air) considered as a single entity within a greater volume of the same fluid
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