gobbet
/ˈgɒbɪt/noun
1- a piece or lump of flesh, food, or other matter(肉、食物或其他物体的)一块(或一团):
a torn-off gobbet of flesh.
撕掉的一块肉。
1.1
- an extract from a text, especially one set for translation or comment in an examination(尤指在考试中供翻译或评论的)引文, 片段:
the poetry was mainly seen as a quarry for gobbets.
这种诗主要被视为引文摘句的来源。
词源
Middle English: from Old French gobet, diminutive of gobe (see GOB2).