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单词 quail
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quail
noun[CorU]
uk
/kweɪl/us
/kweɪl/
pluralquailorquails
asmall,brownbirdthat isshotforsportorfood, or themeatof thisbird:
鹌鹑
Quaileggsareconsideredto be adelicacy.
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quail
verb[I]
literary
uk
/kweɪl/us
/kweɪl/
tofeelor showfear; towantto beabletomoveaway from something because youfearit:
害怕；退缩
Charlie quailedatthesoundof his mother'sangryvoice.查理听到他母亲愤怒的声音，心里不由得感到发毛。
She quailedbeforeher boss'sanger.她在老板的怒火前退缩了。
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(Definition ofquailfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)
quail
noun[CorU]
uk
/kweɪl/us
/kweɪl/
pluralquailorquails
asmall,brownbirdthat isshotforsportorfood, or themeatof thisbird
鹌鹑
Quails'eggsareconsideredto be adelicacy.鹌鹑蛋被视为美味佳肴。
quail
verb[I]
literary
uk
/kweɪl/us
/kweɪl/
tofeelor showfear; towantto beabletomoveaway from something because youfearit
害怕；退缩
Charlie quailedatthesoundof his mother'sangryvoice.查理听到他母亲愤怒的声音，心里不由得感到发毛。
She quailedbeforeher boss'sanger.她在老板的怒火前退缩了。

quail| American Dictionary

quail
noun[C/U]
us
/kweɪl/
asmallbrownbirdwith ashorttail, sometimeshuntedas asportandeatenas afood
(Definition ofquailfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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I named quince and quails, and they were the only ones which the author of the competition had thought of either.
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I am pleased that some train operators have not quailed at the technical obstacles that make it difficult to carry cycles on trains.
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I suppose one quails at the cost of infinite fragmentation.
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I understand that his agricultural experience consists in his constituents fattening quails.
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Little wonder that most local authorities are already quailing at the task that lies ahead.
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We all remember the days of the county clerk who quailed councillors.
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They very seldom come here, but in recent years a trade has grown up of importing these quails in large numbers alive.
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Quails might escape from a farm but, we understand, would not be able to survive outside it.
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The consumption of quails' eggs—though by a minority—is very considerable.
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They never quailed at their tasks.
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The long delay between pairing and nesting is unusual for quails.
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All that submission and apparent content lasted but a few days, and they disappeared like young quails.
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Eurasian quails, turtles, goldfish, toads, and beetles help keep the insect population in balance.
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Wildlife mostly consists of birds and mammals such as doves, quails, chachalacas, eagles, roadrunners, and some waterfowl.
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Bird species of cockatoos, kookaburras, quails, finches and hawks also flourished.
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