音标:[kweɪlz] ;
n. 鹌鹑( quail的名词复数 ); 鹌鹑肉
v. 害怕, 发抖, 畏缩( quail的第三人称单数 )
n flesh of quail; suitable for roasting or broiling if young; otherwise must be braised
n small gallinaceous game birds
v draw back, as with fear or pain

quail的用法和样例:

例句

用作名词(n.)
  1. Suddenly the quail hunter threw his net over the remaining quails.很快鹌鹑猎手就把他的网撒到了剩下的鹌鹑上。
  2. But if you need a right quail, it has to be fleshly or it dries out too easily.不过要挑对新鲜鹌鹑,肉质要丰嫩,不然很容易干粗。

词汇搭配

  • Quail bronchitis virus鹌鹑支气管炎病毒, ...
  • quail egg鹌鹑蛋

经典引文

  • His eye..quails before so vast an outlook.

    出自:R. L. Stevenson
  • His keen and unpleasant glance travelled over them and made them quail beneath it.

    出自:E. Templeton
  • A weaker spirit might have quailed, or hid its head in the sand.

    出自:E. Eager
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学英语单词
aba ad dud
acarnidine
acoustical damper
AF
alternate pitting
Anguimorpha
arterio-atony
asbestos overall
babelomurex nakayasui
beta transformation
blast out
Boroxal
brokered CD
built-in stress
cassimere twill
chromatin fiber (30-nm)
church planter
cloud berry
cockler
cog wheel casing
commercial estate
competitive public utility
continuous duty laser
corporate management information system
crown pin
cyan bromide
detail statement of account
DGPF
dickerer
directing group
ditetragonal dipyramid
dynamic management
eight-day
exchange fluctuation fund
Fiddler on the Roof
FLAVERIC
functional aphasia
fundamentals of management
garps
GeneScreen
gimbaling actuator
growth rate of consumption
have one's mind on something
Hetch Hetchy Aqueduct
impregnated winding
individual axially-leaded diode
informix-sqls
insert icon
Kiracofe
largest permissible dimension
lens turret matting shot
letter sorting machine
Limnocottus
live lever
madaline
margits
Maïkouma
Meigs's test
Melchor Ocampo
montes pyrenees
move ticket
navicular abdomen
nervinae species
off-track displacement
organic-looking
oven drying
papaveretum
parent-investor
pettah
planned agriculture
playback characteristic
plumboaragonite
practical significance
pregnancy tests
Priboy
re-confirms
reshaping of trees
screw base
seal water pipe
secondary loop
secular price
session setup failure notification
seynesia cynanchi
soap plodder
Solu-Dilar
speed regulation by cascade control
steady state system
subjective initiative
Tathata
TBO
tithe proctor
towells
tri-p-xylylborine
unshar
upconcavity
uranous oxysulfite
utility session
Vaasa
visory
vorsicht
wild climbing hempweed
wire products