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。
• Results showed that chickens, quails, patridges were included as highly susceptible host.
  结果表明：鸡、鹌鹑、鹧鸪对两毒株均具有高度的易感性；
• 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。
• He raised a large flock of quails.
  他养了一大群鹌鹑。
• Those are pigeons and quails.
  那些是鸽子和鹌鹑。
• Mother goose, the quails are in the nest.
  老母鹅，小鹅都进窝了。
• These days the quails have become very unified.
  这几天鹌鹑们变得很不一样了。
• Quails typically have short rounded wings that enable themto spring into full flight instantly when disturbed in their hidingplaces.
  典型的鹌鹑都长有短而圆的翅膀，凭此他们可以在受惊时一跃而起，飞离它们的躲藏地。
• Blood samples collected from the wing vein of healthy pure yellow-feather egg quails were used to study the cellular morphology and physiology parameter of the blood of yellow-feather quails.
  利用采自纯系蛋用黄羽鹌鹑健康群体的血样，对黄羽鹌鹑的血液细胞学和主要血液生理学参数进行了研究。
• We're not hunting quails, are we?
  我们不是来猎杀野鸡的，对吗？