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TOEFL BNC: 22344 COCA: 13122
quail
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Word forms: plural quails, plural quail, 3rd person singular present tense quails, present participle quailing, past tense , past participle quailed
1 N-COUNT 鹌鹑 A quail is a type of small bird which is often shot and eaten. 鹌鹑
  • I've shot hundreds of quail with that gun.

    我用那只枪打死过几百只鹌鹑。

Quail is the meat of this bird eaten as food.鹌鹑肉
  • They dined off salmon, quail, and fruit.

    他们正餐吃的是鲑鱼、鹌鹑肉和水果。

2 VERB 胆怯;畏缩;害怕;退缩 If someone or something makes you quail, they make you feel very afraid, often so that you hesitate. 胆怯;畏缩;害怕;退缩 [literary]
  • The very words make many of us quail. [VERB]

    这些话让我们许多人胆怯了。

  • He told Naomi she was becoming just like Maya. Naomi quailed at the thought. [VERB + at]

    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。

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TOEFL BNC: 22344 COCA: 13122
TOEFL BNC: 22344 COCA: 13122

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