parcel
noun[C]
uk/ˈpɑː.səl/us/ˈpɑːr.səl/parcelnoun[C](TO SEND)
B1mainlyUK(USusuallypackage)
anobjectorcollectionofobjectswrappedinpaper,especiallyso that it can besentbypost:
包裹,邮包afoodparcel一包食品
The parcel waswrappedinplainbrownpaper.那个包裹是用普通牛皮纸包着的。
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- The parcel wasclearlylabelled'Fragile'.
- Sheexcitedlyrippedthe parcelopen.
- a parceltiedwithstring
- I had tosignfor the parcel when Icollectedit from thepostoffice.
- Isentthe parcel bysurfacemail.
Communications - the postal system
- addy
- care ofidiom
- collection box
- consignee
- delivery
- direct mail
- first class
- Freepost
- letterbox
- mail slot
- pigeonhole
- postage
- postbox
- postmark
- self-addressed
- shipping and handling
- stamp
- window
- zip code
parcelnoun[C](LAND)
mainlyUS(UKusuallyplot)
anareaofland:
一块土地a 60-acre parcel一块60英亩的土地
Geography: areas of land in general
- berm
- bioregion
- curtilage
- demesne
- ecoregion
- enclosure
- ground
- inland
- interior
- interlacustrine
- intermountain
- landbank
- non-desert
- orography
- patch
- reach
- swathe
- sweep
- tract