parcel

noun

1. 包裹；小包
   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
   1. There's a parcel and some letters for you.
      有你的一个包裹和几封信。
   2. She was carrying a parcel of books under her arm.
      她腋下夹着一包书。
   3. The prisoners were allowed food parcels.
      囚犯可以收食物包裹。
2. 一块地；一片地
   a piece of land
   1. 50 five-acre parcels have already been sold.
      五英亩一块的土地已经售出50块。

verb

1. 包；裹好；打包
   to wrap sth up and make it into a parcel
   1. She parcelled up the books to send.
      她把要寄走的书包了起来。

in AM, use 美国英语用 parceling, parceled


1. N-COUNT 包裹；邮包
   A parcel is something wrapped in paper, usually so that it can be sent to someone by post.
   1. ...parcels of food and clothing...
      装着食品和衣物的包裹
   2. He had a large brown paper parcel under his left arm.
      他左臂下夹着一个大牛皮纸邮包。

in AM, usually use 美国英语通常用 package


2. N-COUNT 地块
   A parcel of land is a piece of land.
   1. These small parcels of land were purchased for the most part by local people.
      这些小块土地大多数是当地人买下的。
3. N-COUNT 一批；一群
   A parcel of things or people is a quantity of them.
   1. The woman who became his wife would be acquiring not just a husband but a run-down house and a parcel of financial worries.
      女人嫁给他,得到的不仅是一个丈夫，还会有一栋破烂的房子和一大堆经济问题。
4. PHRASE …的内容；…的必要部分
   If you say that something is part and parcel of something else, you are emphasizing that it is involved or included in it.
   1. Payment was part and parcel of carrying on insurance business within the UK...
      赔付是在英国开展保险业务必不可少的一部分。
   2. It's all part and parcel — just a day's work really you know.
      这只是一部分——才一天的工作，你要知道。

1. He had a large parcel under his left arm.
   他左胳膊下夹着一个大包裹。
2. So Sarah bagged up her old woollies and frocks and sent a parcel off to Jane.
   所以萨拉把她旧的毛衣和长裙打包寄给了简。
3. These small parcels of land were purchased for the most part by local people.
   这些小块土地大多数是当地人买下的。
4. The woman who became his wife would be acquiring not just a husband but a run-down house and a parcel of financial worries.
   女人嫁给他，得到的不仅是一个丈夫，还会有一栋破烂的房子和一大堆经济问题。
5. Payment was part and parcel of carrying on insurance business within the UK
   赔付是在英国开展保险业务必不可少的一部分。
6. It's all part and parcel — just a day's work really you know.
   这只是一部分——才一天的工作，你要知道。
7. I managed secretly to undo a corner of the parcel
   我悄悄地设法解开了包裹的一角。
8. The cover of the parcel won't tear.
   这包裹的封皮扯不开。
9. He weighed the parcel in his hand ( s).
   他用手掂量了一下这个包裹。
10. Please pass this parcel on to Teacher Li.
    请把这个包裹转交给李老师。
11. Please hand me that parcel [ those pictures; my cap].
    请把那包东西[那几张画；我的帽子]递给我。
12. Accompanying the letter is a parcel of books.
    信外随带书籍一包。
13. I will express the parcel to you.
    我要把包裹作为快递邮件给你寄去。
14. Please post the letter for me when you go to the post office to send the parcel.
    你去寄包裹时，捎搭把这封信发了吧。
15. She could scarcely contain herself with delight when she opened the parcel.
    当她打开这个包裹的时候，她简直抑制不住自己兴奋的心情。
16. We are sending you a parcel of samples.
    我们现寄给你一包样品。
17. Has the parcel been cleared with the border police yet?
    那个包裹通过边防警察的检查了吗？
18. The post office lost my parcel. it's awfully annoying.
    邮局把我的包裹弄丢了，太可恨了。
19. Would you please parcel these apples into three parts?
    请把这些苹果分成三份。
20. Mother sent her a big parcel of clothes and food collect.
    妈妈给她寄了一大包衣服和吃的东西，由她自己付邮费。
21. What is the postage on this parcel?
    寄个包裹要多少钱？
22. Accompanying the parcel of books is a letter.
    书籍一包，随带书信一封。
23. The children fell over each other to take the parcel from the postman.
    孩子们争先恐后地从邮递员那儿把包裹拿过来。
24. He opened the door and flung the parcel in.
    他打开门，把包裹扔了进去。
25. I am going to take the parcel to the post office this afternoon.
    今天下午我打算去邮局寄包裹。
26. Can you parcel up these urgent papers in time for the collection of the last post?
    你能否把这些急件打成包，赶上最后一班邮件发出去？
27. I've tied up the parcel with string, but I'm afraid it won't hold together.
    我已把那个包用绳捆上了，只是怕捆不牢。
28. Don't put letters into a parcel.
    邮寄包裹不能夹带信件。
29. This parcel is overweight by one kilo.
    这个包裹过重一公斤。
30. This parcel is overweight BY2 kilos.
    包裹超重两公斤。

parcel sth↔out

1. 把某物分开；把某物（在几个人之间）分
   to divide sth into parts or between several people
   1. There's a parcel and some letters for you.
      有你的一个包裹和几封信。
   2. She was carrying a parcel of books under her arm.
      她腋下夹着一包书。
   3. The prisoners were allowed food parcels.
      囚犯可以收食物包裹。

n.

part and parcel of sth

• 重要部分；基本部分
  an essential part of sth
  1. Keeping the accounts is part and parcel of my job.
     记账是我的主要工作。

noun

1. the allotment of some amount by dividing something
   1. death gets more than its share of attention from theologians

   Synonym:    portionshare

2. a wrapped container

   Synonym:    package

3. a collection of things wrapped or boxed together

   Synonym:    packagebundlepacket

4. an extended area of land

   Synonym:    tractpiece of landpiece of groundparcel of land

verb

1. make into a wrapped container

2. cover with strips of canvas
   1. parcel rope

3. divide into parts
   1. The developers parceled the land