橘子朗文词典

quail

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音标发音

  • 英式音标 [kweɪl]
  • 美式音标 [kweɪl]
  • 国际音标 [kweil]
  • 英式发音
  • 美式发音

基本解释

  • n. 鵪鶉；北美鶉；鵪鶉肉
  • v. 畏縮，膽怯；感到恐懼
  • n. (Quail) （美、愛）奎爾（人名）

词根记忆

  • 原意爲“鵪鶉”，鵪鶉膽子較小，所以就有了“恐懼”的意思
  • “愧”→有愧於人→畏懼，顫抖

同根派生

     

英汉例句

  • They dined off salmon, quail, and fruit.
    他們正餐喫的是鮭魚、鵪鶉肉和水果。
  • I've shot hundreds of quail with that gun.
    我用那衹槍打死過幾百衹鵪鶉。
  • The very words make many of us quail.
    這些話讓我們許多人膽怯了。
  • They dined off salmon, quail, and fruit.
    他們正餐喫的是鮭魚、鵪鶉肉和水果。
  • I've shot hundreds of quail with that gun.
    我用那衹槍打死過幾百衹鵪鶉。

词组短语

    短語

  • quail egg 鵪鶉蛋

英英字典

    劍橋英英字典

  • a small, brown bird that is shot for sport or food, or the meat of this bird
  • to feel or show fear; to want to be able to move away from something because you fear it

    • 柯林斯英英字典

  • A quail is a type of bird that lives on the ground and is often shot and eaten.
  • If someone or something makes you quail, they make you feel very afraid, often so that you hesitate.