quail

英 [kweɪl]

美 [kweɪl]

n.  鹌鹑; 鹌鹑肉
v.  感觉(或显出)恐惧; 胆怯; 畏缩

复数：quails　过去式：quailed　第三人称单数：quails　过去分词：quailed　现在分词：quailing　

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Collins.1 / BNC.22344 / COCA.13122

牛津词典

noun

• 鹌鹑；鹌鹑肉
  a small brown bird, whose meat and eggs are used for food; the meat of this bird

verb

• 感觉（或显出）恐惧；胆怯；畏缩
  to feel frightened or to show that you are frightened

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 鹌鹑
  Aquailis a type of small bird which is often shot and eaten.
  1. I've shot hundreds of quail with that gun.
     我用那只枪打死过几百只鹌鹑。
  2. Quailis the meat of this bird eaten as food.
     鹌鹑肉
  3. They dined off salmon, quail, and fruit.
     他们正餐吃的是鲑鱼、鹌鹑肉和水果。
• VERB 胆怯;畏缩;害怕;退缩
  If someone or something makes youquail, they make you feel very afraid, often so that you hesitate.
  1. The very words make many of us quail...
     这些话让我们许多人胆怯了。
  2. He told Naomi she was becoming just like Maya. Naomi quailed at the thought.
     他告诉娜奥米，她正变得和马娅一样。一想到这里，娜奥米便不寒而栗。

英英释义

noun

• small gallinaceous game birds
• flesh of quail

verb

• draw back, as with fear or pain
  1. she flinched when they showed the slaughtering of the calf
  Synonym:flinchsquinchfunkcringeshrinkwincerecoil

双语例句

• I do not think that quail like than penguin-long animal owl.
  我不认为鹌鹑比企鹅长的更像枭兽。
• You must have another wife somewhere, who is feasting on quail meat at this very moment!
  你一定养了别的女人，她此刻正吃着鹌鹑肉呢！
• He told Naomi she was becoming just like Maya. Naomi quailed at the thought.
  他告诉娜奥米，她正变得和马娅一样。一想到这里，娜奥米便不寒而栗。
• I've shot hundreds of quail with that gun.
  我用那只枪打死过几百只鹌鹑。
• Everything's ready for the quail hunt!
  一切都准备好去猎鹌鹑了！
• As for quail eggs to prevent diarrhea, I heard.
  至于鹌鹑蛋能防腹泻，我没听说过。
• Quail eggs are very high in cholesterol.
  鹌鹑蛋胆固醇含量高，不宜多吃。
• Small old world birds resembling but not related to true quail.
  与鹌鹑相似但无关的小型欧洲鸟。
• ( US usage) flesh of either quail or grouse.
  （美国用法）鹌鹑或松鸡的肉。
• And quail deep processing and the development of new technologies.
  以及鹌鹑的深加工和新技术的开发。