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

• '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。
• Here one can taste pepper, cornel, berry, currants home-distilled vodka, various pickles, lavish and diverse food, and fresh quail eggs.
  在这里人们可以品尝辣椒、山茱萸、浆果、葡萄干制作的伏特加，以及各种泡菜、奢华和多样的食物，此外还有新鲜的鹌鹑蛋。
• They sent the dogs in, just like you would if you were stalking boar or shooting quail.
  他们放了狗，就像在打野猪，或者打鹌鹑。
• 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。
• 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。
• A variety of button quail having stripes.
  三趾鹑的变种，身上有条纹。
• 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。
• 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。
• Quail coccidiosis is a common disease, may cause great losses in quail breeding.
  鹌鹑球虫病是鹌鹑的一种常见病，给鹌鹑养殖业造成了巨大损失。
• 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！