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

• Quail Creek Chardonnay starts off with aromas of apple, pear and hints of banana on the nose.
  鹌鹑小河夏得乃白酒从苹果、梨的芳香和鼻子上香蕉的线索开始。
• The very words make many of us quail
  这些话让我们许多人胆怯了。
• Quail eggs should not, I have been eating baby pigeon eggs, better digestion.
  鹌鹑蛋应该不会，我宝宝一直吃的是鸽子蛋，比较好消化。
• 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。
• In the valley below ran a hungry dog, sniffing along the ground as if in search of mice or quail.
  从山谷里跑来了一条饥肠辘辘的狗，它沿路嗅探，仿佛在寻找小耗子或者小鹌鹑。
• ( US usage) flesh of either quail or grouse.
  （美国用法）鹌鹑或松鸡的肉。
• Many people like to eat eggs Jiuniang, but here Jiuniang wolfberry recommended that the quail eggs with eggs.
  很多人喜欢吃酒酿鸡蛋，但这里推荐的枸杞酒酿蛋用的是鹌鹑蛋。
• The Genetic Polymorphism of the Erythrocyte and Plasma Esterase in Maroon, White and Yellow Feather Quail
  栗羽、白羽和黄羽三种羽色鹌鹑红细胞和血浆酯酶的遗传多态性
• 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。
• Of course she was overjoyed, and they invited all their friends over for a big quail feast.
  当然，他的妻子喜出望外，他们邀请了所有的朋友美美的享用了一顿鹌鹑大餐。