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

• If you shoot quail in your dream you may have an argument with your best friend.
  如果您拍摄鹌鹑在你的梦想，你可能有一个论据，与你最好的朋友。
• Quail, all kinds of eggs: 3094;
  鹌鹑、各种鸟蛋：3094枚；
• A variety of button quail having stripes.
  三趾鹑的变种，身上有条纹。
• I am making quail and some caviar.
  我在做鹌鹑和鱼子酱。
• ( US usage) flesh of either quail or grouse.
  （美国用法）鹌鹑或松鸡的肉。
• Quail eggs nourishing than the role of eggs, but can also use the eggs.
  鹌鹑蛋的滋补作用要强于鸡蛋，但也可以使用鸡蛋。
• 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。
• A small North American quail ( Colinus virginianus) having brown plumage with white markings.
  北美洲一种小鹌鹑（山齿鹑），羽毛呈褐色，有白斑。
• 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
• 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。