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
A button short
absolute dullness
ageing stability
Akkrum
alto stratus fractus
aluminum-covered steel wire
anti-apoptotic
anti-hb
aphicide caphidicide
Bence-Jones protein
business curve
capitao mor
Cochise County
coke coated
consistent with
contrarius
conversa
diametral clearance
differentiable atlas
divided harness
electroacoustic efficiency
elementary contour
emathlite
engobe
expected inventory value
extracochlear
finishing tool
flowcharters
foundry facing
full width at half peak amplitude
general long-term debt
gum block
Hamadan
Harrison 2, Benjamin
haveli
helenynolic acid
Helmboltz's theory of arcommodation
higher ups
hoganas powder
in situ composite
isoferrin
isoprene poisoning
kassner
left-luggage
longhauled
man-machine interface
mass-murder
microdynamometer
military matter
musculus teres minor
natromontebrasite
next state selection
offshore supply vessel
Ossenberg
Ouarkziz, Jbel.
patch graft
peabodies
plugging inhibitor
Plzeňský Kraj
polycells
pre impregnated paper insulation
precapillary arterioles
process signature
proximal sequence element,PSE
pulse-coded processing system
raise face
rebukes
resistance heating element
rete ovarii
revolutional slip
ridiculizing
rose wine
rule of inference
skillful
skin-pass milll
slam dances
sleeptalkers
sowntown
Splitski Kan.
spray welding
sturgeon roe
sundheim
thin out
tlr.
Tragulus Javanicus
trapdoor functions
traveling drier
tropical freshwater free board
turn nasty
tusked
twohigh
unhovable
unit motor
untimbered rill method
venae peroneae
walkamerica
Wilson Junction
wind-pollinated plant
Winterhalter's ganglion
within earshot
woollett
x - ray photography