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词汇 quailing
释义 quailing
present participle ofquail
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。
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