| 单词 | parcel |
| 释义 | parcel parcel /; AmE / noun, verb
■ noun [C]
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 or carried easily: There's a parcel and some letters for you. the parcel delivery business a parcel carrier
2 a set of things, for example, a set of investments which are offered, bought, or sold together: parcels of shares the group's parcel of hotels They intend to buy small parcels of stores. ⇨ BUNDLE
3 (Property ) a piece of land: The property was divided into 19 parcels. The developers sold 17 parcels this year for $24m.
■ verb [+ obj] (-ll-, AmE -l-) parcel sth (up) to wrap sth and make it into a parcel: She parcelled up the books to send.
PHRASAL VERBS
parcel sth off to transfer or get rid of a set of things: They'll parcel off some of the stores to the other companies. The move is encouraging trustees to parcel off mature pension liabilities through bulk annuity purchases.
parcel sth out to divide things or arrange things in sets, and then offer or transfer them to other people or companies: They will break up the company and parcel out bits to the other players in the sector. Banks have parcelled out big loans to other banks for decades. |
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