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

• A bevy of quails lit in the tress near our house.
  一群鹌鹑停落在我家附近的树上。
• 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
• The hunter grabbed all the quails, stuffed them in his baskets, and took them home to his wife.
  猎人逮住所有鹌鹑塞满篮子，带回家交给妻子。
• He raised a large flock of quails.
  他养了一大群鹌鹑。
• These days the quails have become very unified.
  这几天鹌鹑们变得很不一样了。
• A couple of quails crossing the road.
  一对鹌鹑穿过小路。
• Those are pigeons and quails.
  那些是鸽子和鹌鹑。
• 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
• Construction and Expression of Oviduct-specific Expressional Vectors in Quails of Human Serum Albumin Gene
  人血清白蛋白鹌鹑输卵管特异表达载体的构建及其表达
• The next day the hunter lured the quails with his quail call as usual.
  第二天，猎人像往常一样用叫声来引诱鹌鹑。