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
actual tooth density
air vice
algogenic substance
Aminoleban
animated cartoon, animated drawing
aqueous slurry reactor
Arteria pancreaticoduodenalis superior posterior
Ashcan school
aztec marigolds
bales cover torn
basic safety training
box and pin drill pipe
buchenwalds
caprimulgus vociferuss
capsule of cartilage cell
casing pressure
central function department
channel inversion
childsnatching
circumnutatory
closable operator
co-occurrence
concrete vault
confocal quadric
copperfasten
crushing zone
D.T.'S, DT's, d.t.'s, dt's
defectivenesses
diet liquid
diogenites
disjoint path
dual transmitter
earthlies
ein el lueiqa
escalation of commitment
estimated uncollectible current taxes
euparasitism
expense surveillance
exurbias
fallen upon
fermi
fire ships
flight path marker
Fιndιk
gaidars
glutaminergic
Hilbert's tenth problem
in'a
incaceration
infracortical
insulation moisture content of a transformer
jalapeos
large castings
late postmortem phenomena
life membership
magnetic-particle inspection
marketing style
mezentsev
multistation die layout
multivalver
nitro-alpha-furancarboxylic acid
noa-operculate
non-paying
not dated
ottenhoff
outbuying
outgoing call barring
petagrams
Phalanx proximalis
plantation owners
pneumatic installation water supply
polytene chromosomes
probation home
Qualifying Investment
quoin bead
radio wave characteristics
rancheras
rated efficiency
real gas critical flow coefficient
Rhincodon typus
rudent
salad nicoises
sanacore
sarcomerogenesis
Scotch dressing
secondary breader
selected translation journal
small-sized scrap
sonance
spanish relapsing fever
spectroscopic data
spiral elevator
standard charge for top off
straddle attachment
the perfect hat trick
Turk's head rolls
universal control automaton
uranophanite
Vilas County
whipped butters
xylaria cranioides
yellow jessamines