音标:[kweil] ; 柯林斯词典等级:1 级;
n. 鹌鹑
vi. 胆怯, 畏缩
n. flesh of quail; suitable for roasting or broiling if young; otherwise must be braised
n. small gallinaceous game birds
词型变化:名词复数形式 : quails ; 过去式 : quailed ; 第三人称单数 : quails ; 过去分词 : quailed ; 现在分词 : quailing
考试类型:[托福/GRE]
词性分布:
名词81%
动词19%

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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