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

• These days the quails have become very unified.
  这几天鹌鹑们变得很不一样了。
• Effect of the Dietary Energy and Protein Combination on Growth and Laying Performance for Laying Quails
  饲粮能量与蛋白质水平组合对蛋鹌鹑生长发育及生产性能的影响
• I went out to pop some quails.
  我出去打几只鹌鹑。
• We're not hunting quails, are we?
  我们不是来猎杀野鸡的，对吗？
• Pheasants; turkeys; grouse; partridges; quails; chickens; brush turkeys; curassows; hoatzins.
  雉；火鸡；松鸡；山鹑；鹌鹑；鸡；丛林火鸡；凤冠雉；麝雉。
• The Effect of Different Energy Level in Feed on Growth and Development of Quails before Laying Period
  饲粮能量水平对产蛋前鹌鹑生长发育的影响
• Mother goose, the quails are in the nest.
  老母鹅，小鹅都进窝了。
• Study of Dietary Lutein on Growth Performance and Immune Functions of Quails
  叶黄素对鹌鹑生长及免疫机能影响的研究
• The people asked, and he brought quails, and satisfied them with the bread of heaven.
  他们一求，他就使鹌鹑飞来，并用天上的粮食，叫他们饱足。
• 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。