quails

英 [kweɪlz]

美 [kweɪlz]

n.  鹌鹑; 鹌鹑肉
v.  感觉(或显出)恐惧; 胆怯; 畏缩
quail的第三人称单数和复数

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。

双语例句

• These days the quails have become very unified.
  这几天鹌鹑们变得很不一样了。
• Results showed that chickens, quails, patridges were included as highly susceptible host.
  结果表明：鸡、鹌鹑、鹧鸪对两毒株均具有高度的易感性；
• Effect of the Dietary Energy and Protein Combination on Growth and Laying Performance for Laying Quails
  饲粮能量与蛋白质水平组合对蛋鹌鹑生长发育及生产性能的影响
• The people asked, and he brought quails, and satisfied them with the bread of heaven.
  他们一求，他就使鹌鹑飞来，并用天上的粮食，叫他们饱足。
• A couple of quails crossing the road.
  一对鹌鹑穿过小路。
• To serve, divide the onion and bacon mixture between 4 serving plates. Arrange the sardine fillets on top, then place four poached quails 'eggs around the fillet.
  装盘时，把洋葱和培根的混合物分成4份，把沙丁鱼片放在上面，然后在周围摆四个鹌鹑蛋。
• And it was just in time too! Suddenly the quail hunter threw his net over the remaining quails.
  就在此时，猎人的网突然从天而降网住了所有仍在原地的鹌鹑。
• Inhibitory Effect of Aleurites montana on Experimental Atherosclerosis in Quails
  千年桐对鹌鹑实验性动脉粥样硬化影响
• Mother goose, the quails are in the nest.
  老母鹅，小鹅都进窝了。
• Blood samples collected from the wing vein of healthy pure yellow-feather egg quails were used to study the cellular morphology and physiology parameter of the blood of yellow-feather quails.
  利用采自纯系蛋用黄羽鹌鹑健康群体的血样，对黄羽鹌鹑的血液细胞学和主要血液生理学参数进行了研究。