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

• Pheasants; turkeys; grouse; partridges; quails; chickens; brush turkeys; curassows; hoatzins.
  雉；火鸡；松鸡；山鹑；鹌鹑；鸡；丛林火鸡；凤冠雉；麝雉。
• Quails typically have short rounded wings that enable themto spring into full flight instantly when disturbed in their hidingplaces.
  典型的鹌鹑都长有短而圆的翅膀，凭此他们可以在受惊时一跃而起，飞离它们的躲藏地。
• Study of Dietary Lutein on Growth Performance and Immune Functions of Quails
  叶黄素对鹌鹑生长及免疫机能影响的研究
• The Effect of Different Energy Level in Feed on Growth and Development of Quails before Laying Period
  饲粮能量水平对产蛋前鹌鹑生长发育的影响
• These days the quails have become very unified.
  这几天鹌鹑们变得很不一样了。
• 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。
• Inhibitory effect of Yi Bei Duo Huo Su on experimental atherosclerosis in quails
  贻贝多活素对鹌鹑实验性动脉粥样硬化的影响
• Mother goose, the quails are in the nest.
  老母鹅，小鹅都进窝了。
• We're not hunting quails, are we?
  我们不是来猎杀野鸡的，对吗？
• A couple of quails crossing the road.
  一对鹌鹑穿过小路。