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

• I went out to pop some quails.
  我出去打几只鹌鹑。
• Inhibitory Effect of Aleurites montana on Experimental Atherosclerosis in Quails
  千年桐对鹌鹑实验性动脉粥样硬化影响
• We established model of experimental atherosclerosis in quails with high cholesterol diet.
  用高脂饮食建立鹌鹑动脉粥样硬化模型，观察各组鹌鹑血脂、斑块发生率、动脉和心脏的病理改变。
• 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 hunter grabbed all the quails, stuffed them in his baskets, and took them home to his wife.
  猎人逮住所有鹌鹑塞满篮子，带回家交给妻子。
• Those are pigeons and quails.
  那些是鸽子和鹌鹑。
• 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。
• 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。
• Construction and Expression of Oviduct-specific Expressional Vectors in Quails of Human Serum Albumin Gene
  人血清白蛋白鹌鹑输卵管特异表达载体的构建及其表达
• And it was just in time too! Suddenly the quail hunter threw his net over the remaining quails.
  就在此时，猎人的网突然从天而降网住了所有仍在原地的鹌鹑。