资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Parcel \Par"cel\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Parceled}or {Parcelled};
   p. pr. & vb. n. {Parceling} or {Parcelling}.]
   1. To divide and distribute by parts or portions; -- often
      with out or into. ``Their woes are parceled, mine are
      general.'' --Shak.

            These ghostly kings would parcel out my power.
                                                  --Dryden.

            The broad woodland parceled into farms. --Tennyson.

   2. To add a parcel or item to; to itemize. [R.]

            That mine own servant should Parcel the sum of my
            disgraces by Addition of his envy.    --Shak.

   3. To make up into a parcel; as, to parcel a customer's
      purchases; the machine parcels yarn, wool, etc.

   {To parcel a rope} (Naut.), to wind strips of tarred canvas
      tightly arround it. --Totten.

   {To parcel a seam} (Naut.), to cover it with a strip of
      tarred canvas.

资料来源 : WordNet®

parcelling
     n : the act of distributing by allotting or apportioning;
         distribution according to a plan; "the apportionment of
         seats in the House of Representatives is based on the
         relative population of each state" [syn: {allotment}, {apportionment},
          {apportioning}, {allocation}, {parceling}, {assignation}]

parcel
     n 1: a wrapped container [syn: {package}]
     2: the result of parcelling out or sharing; "death gets more
        than its share of attention from theologicans" [syn: {portion},
         {share}]
     3: an extended area of land [syn: {tract}, {piece of land}, {piece
        of ground}, {parcel of land}]
     4: a collection of things wrapped or boxed together [syn: {package},
         {bundle}, {packet}]
     [also: {parcelling}, {parcelled}]

parcel
     v 1: divide into parts; "The developers parceled the land"
     2: cover with strips of canvas; "parcel rope"
     3: make into a wrapped container
     [also: {parcelling}, {parcelled}]

parcelling
     See {parcel}