parcel
US: /ˈpɑɹsəɫ/
UK: /pˈɑːsəl/
UK: /pˈɑːsəl/
English Vietnamese dictionary
parcel /'pɑ:sl/
- danh từ
- gói; bưu kiện ((cũng) postal parcel)
- (thương nghiệp) chuyển hàng (số hàng trong một lần giao dịch)
- mảnh đất, miếng đất
- (từ cổ,nghĩa cổ) phần
- part and parcel: bộ phận khắng khít (của một vật)
- (từ Mỹ,nghĩa Mỹ) lũ, bọn, bầy
- a parcel of fools: một lũ ngốc
- ngoại động từ
- chia thành từng phần ((thường) to parcel out)
- (hàng hải) che (đường xảm tàu) bằng dải vải bạt có nhựa đường; bọc (dây châo...) bằng dải vải bạt có nhựa đường
- phó từ
- (từ cổ,nghĩa cổ) phần nào
- parcel gilt: mạ vàng một phần
- a parcel gilt cup: cái cốc mạ vàng bên trong
- parcel blind: nửa mù, mù dở
- (từ cổ,nghĩa cổ) phần nào
Advanced English dictionary
noun, verb
+ noun
1 (especially BrE) (AmE 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: There's a parcel and some letters for you. + She was carrying a parcel of books under her arm. + The prisoners were allowed food parcels.
2 a piece of land: 50 five-acre parcels have already been sold.
Idioms see PART n.
+ verb (especially BrE) (-ll-, AmE -l-) [VN] ~ sth (up) to wrap sth up and make it into a parcel: She parcelled up the books to send.
Phrasal Verbs: parcel sth<->out to divide sth into parts or between several people: The land was parcelled out into small lots. + More than $2 million was parceled out to beneficiaries.
Thesaurus dictionary
n.
1 package, packet, carton, box, container, case:
We are sending food parcels to the needy.
2 portion, plot, plat, lot, piece, section, tract:
We have bought a small parcel of land and plan to build on it next year
3 lot, group, batch, collection, pack, bundle, set:
She gathered a parcel of drawings and published them as a travel sketchbook.
v.
4 Often, parcel out. apportion, allot, deal (out), dole (out), mete (out), hand out, distribute, share (out), divide, Colloq divvy (up):
Before he died he parcelled out his fortune amongst his grandchildren.
Collocation dictionary
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.
Concise English dictionary
parcelled|parcelling|parcels|parceled|parceling'pɑrsl /'pɑːsl
noun
+a wrapped container
+the allotment of some amount by dividing something
+an extended area of land
+a collection of things wrapped or boxed together
verb
+divide into parts
+cover with strips of canvas
+make into a wrapped container
