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

• Small Australian bird related to the button quail; classified as wading bird but inhabits plains.
  与三趾鹑有亲缘关系的澳大利亚小鸟；被归为涉水鸟类但经常在大草原上栖息。
• 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！
• The very words make many of us quail
  这些话让我们许多人胆怯了。
• As for quail eggs to prevent diarrhea, I heard.
  至于鹌鹑蛋能防腹泻，我没听说过。
• 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
• ( US usage) flesh of either quail or grouse.
  （美国用法）鹌鹑或松鸡的肉。
• Cherry tomato, cucumber, cauliflower, quail egg, french bean, red bean.
  樱桃蕃茄，黄瓜，花菜，鹌鹑蛋，刀豆，红豆。
• 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。
• 'You may want to drink cow milk for 11 months and buffalo milk for a month, and have some quail eggs instead of just chicken eggs,' said Shaun Rein, managing director of China Market Research.
  中国市场研究（ChinaMarketResearch）董事总经理ShaunRein说，你可以一年中有11个月喝牛奶，然后有一个月喝水牛奶，或者是把鸡蛋和鹌鹑蛋搭配着吃。