quail

英 [kweɪl] 美 [kweɪl]

• n. 鹌鹑
• vi. 畏缩；胆怯

英英释义

Noun:

1. flesh of quail; suitable for roasting or broiling if young; otherwise must be braised

2. small gallinaceous game birds

Verb:

1. draw back, as with fear or pain;

   "she flinched when they showed the slaughtering of the calf"
   

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. Suddenly the quail hunter threw his net over the remaining quails.
   很快鹌鹑猎手就把他的网撒到了剩下的鹌鹑上。
2. But if you need a right quail, it has to be fleshly or it dries out too easily.
   不过要挑对新鲜鹌鹑，肉质要丰嫩，不然很容易干粗。

经典引文

• His eye..quails before so vast an outlook.

  出自： R. L. Stevenson

• His keen and unpleasant glance travelled over them and made them quail beneath it.

  出自： E. Templeton

• A weaker spirit might have quailed, or hid its head in the sand.

  出自： E. Eager

词汇搭配

• Quail bronchitis virus 鹌鹑支气管炎病毒, ...
• quail egg 鹌鹑蛋

近反义词

【近义词】

• cringe 畏缩
• flinch 畏缩
• quake 震动
• tremble 战悚
• quaver 颤音
• cower 畏缩
• take fright 受惊恐
• recoil 退却
• squinch 挤压
• funk 恐惧
• wince 畏缩
• shrink 收缩