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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
          1. flesh of quail

            verb

            双语例句

            • 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。
            • And quail deep processing and the development of new technologies.
              以及鹌鹑的深加工和新技术的开发。
            • 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。
            • 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。
            • I am making quail and some caviar.
              我在做鹌鹑和鱼子酱。
            • '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。
            • 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。
            • Small old world birds resembling but not related to true quail.
              与鹌鹑相似但无关的小型欧洲鸟。
            • 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!
            • Of course she was overjoyed, and they invited all their friends over for a big quail feast.
              当然,他的妻子喜出望外,他们邀请了所有的朋友美美的享用了一顿鹌鹑大餐。