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
acetyl reduction assay
actual cost of producing export commodity
adsorption affinity
adventure-loving
ambient sound
aridelus antennatus
ateljevic
autodialler
baryum
Birur
burriest
Carbowax
carrier-free region
carry to term
cefoxitin
coinhere
cold-cathode magnetron gauge
crystal controlled transmitter
curassows
DCFI
Debregeasia
deoxidizing addition
departmentalized study
deviators
Diamvéli
Dole, Robert J(oseph)
downstream engineering
drizzt
dsn (dielectric stabilized oscillator)
edit directed input/output
entrailss
ever-worsening
failure occurrence
fatalness
fold memory
frothiness
hard elephantiasis
hot-water heat-supply network
hysterometry
i-hole
lend ... name to
longitudinal epoophoron duct
lovesome
macromolecularriness
make do amd mend
manually operated turning gear
marchia triptera
Mibu I.
microbiological corrosion
midseason
multimedia card
multiorgasm
Myristica malabarica
neurilemmitis
nicey-nicey
non-autocatalytic reactor
ordinary course of trade
over interest
parakite
permanent-magnet flowmeter
physiological saline
placentotherapy
propagating stall
public transport information system
pull rod nut
radiculoplexopathy
read/write protection
reassessing
regiones pudendalis
reliefs denibbing machine
requiem sharks
roast
RWCS (reactor water cleanup system)
saffronizing
salture
semi-submersible drilling platform
simple unit
skiings
skip classes
slut
smooth-talking
society woman
solitaired game clock
stanford-le-hope
steam valve stem
stink bombs
strappadoing
strappiest
switching station
sync distribution amplifier
tachyarrhythmias
tele-communication
temperature measuring set
the forces of evil
third prize
tight scrip
trigger sensitivity
tuning element
unbeautify
variable-density track
vessel segment
width of layout