a piece or lump of flesh, food, or other matter
(肉、食物或其他物体的)一块(或一团)
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a torn-off gobbet of flesh .撕掉的一块肉。
 
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
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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。
 
"Middle English:  from Old French