| 词汇 | quail |
| 释义 | quail noun[ C or U ] uk /kweɪl/ us /kweɪl/pluralquail or quails a small, brown bird that is shot for sport or food, or the meat of this bird: 鹌鹑 Quail eggs are considered to be a delicacy.鹌鹑蛋被视为美味佳肴。 Grant Reaburn/ Moment/GettyImages Kinds of meat back bacon bacon biltong broiler burnt ends filet mignon fryer gammon guinea fowl guinea hen Parma ham partridge pastrami pheasant porchetta veal venison Virginia ham Wagyu Westphalian ham You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Ducks, geese & game birds quail verb[ I ] literaryuk /kweɪl/ us /kweɪl/ to feel or show fear; to want to be able to move away from something because you fear it: 害怕;退缩 Charlie quailed at the sound of his mother's angry voice.查理听到他母亲愤怒的声音，心里不由得感到发毛。 She quailed before her boss's anger.她在老板的怒火前退缩了。 Compare flinch shrinkverb winceverb recoilverb Afraid afraid afraid for someone/something afraid of someone/something be in fear of your lifephrase be like a deer/rabbit caught in the headlightsidiom bottle frit goosey gun-shy have a horror of somethingidiom horror-struck leaf panic shake shit a brickidiom squirrelly terrified terror terror-stricken threatened quail | American Dictionaryquail noun[ C/U ] us/kweɪl/ a small brown bird with a short tail, sometimes hunted as a sport and eaten as a food Examples of quailquail I named quince and quails, and they were the only ones which the author of the competition had thought of either. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I am pleased that some train operators have not quailed at the technical obstacles that make it difficult to carry cycles on trains. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I suppose one quails at the cost of infinite fragmentation. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I understand that his agricultural experience consists in his constituents fattening quails. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Little wonder that most local authorities are already quailing at the task that lies ahead. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We all remember the days of the county clerk who quailed councillors. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They very seldom come here, but in recent years a trade has grown up of importing these quails in large numbers alive. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Quails might escape from a farm but, we understand, would not be able to survive outside it. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The consumption of quails' eggs—though by a minority—is very considerable. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They never quailed at their tasks. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The long delay between pairing and nesting is unusual for quails. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. All that submission and apparent content lasted but a few days, and they disappeared like young quails. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Eurasian quails, turtles, goldfish, toads, and beetles help keep the insect population in balance. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Wildlife mostly consists of birds and mammals such as doves, quails, chachalacas, eagles, roadrunners, and some waterfowl. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Bird species of cockatoos, kookaburras, quails, finches and hawks also flourished. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. See all examples of quail These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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