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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Quail, all kinds of eggs: 3094;
  鹌鹑、各种鸟蛋：3094枚；
• 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。
• Everything's ready for the quail hunt!
  一切都准备好去猎鹌鹑了！
• ( US usage) flesh of either quail or grouse.
  （美国用法）鹌鹑或松鸡的肉。
• Suddenly other villagers began raising quail too, and customers in bigger towns lined up to buy quail eggs.
  突然间，其他的村子也开始养鹌鹑了。大城市里的人排着队来买鹌鹑蛋。