parcel

noun

1. the allotment of some amount by dividing something

e.g. 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

e.g. parcel rope

3. divide into parts

e.g. The developers parceled the land

1. 包裹；邮包
A parcel is something wrapped in paper, usually so that it can be sent to someone by post.

e.g. ...parcels of food and clothing...
装着食品和衣物的包裹
e.g. 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。

2. 地块
A parcel of land is a piece of land.

e.g. 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. 一批；一群
A parcel of things or people is a quantity of them.

e.g. 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. …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.

e.g. 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。
e.g. 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。

相关词组：parcel out

1. parcel的近义词

1. 包裹：(1)包裹(Parcel)运输. 如信件,是门到门的运输. (6)项目货物运输. 项目货物(Project cargo)运输是指为完成一个大项目如电站需要的所有货物进行运输.

2. 包：混合包 ( Parcel ) 大小、质量相近,混色在一起待售或存放的整包钻石. 底部角度 ( Pavilion angle ) 底部主刻面和腰围平面间的夹角. 底部深度百分比 ( Pavilion depth percentage ) 腰围平面至尖底的距离,以平均腰围直径的百分比作表达.

3. 物品：其原因主要是:作为体现公路高运达速度的最主要的两种货物是零担货物(LTL)和小件物品(Parcel). 这两种货物的运达速度在国内实在是低下,国内平均的门到门运达时间为5??7天,有些线路的运输时间还可能更长.

4. 块：在都市的尺度,作用单元最有可能是一块块地籍上的丘块(parcel),也是可以进行变更利用的基本单元. 这种丘块的变迁往往是因为它邻近道路、或周围已经开发,由於接邻(contiguity)的关系或相近(proximity)而引发改变.