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quail v.感到恐惧 Quail is a broad, catchall word; it can refer to any one of many small domestic game birds. So if you’re bragging about the quail you shot on a hunting trip to your uptight, bird-obsessed pals, they might demand to know if it was the Bobwhite quail, the Valley quail or the Scaled quail, to name just a few. If you use this word as a verb, it means to draw back in fear or pain. You might quail in fear at the sight of a playground bully. A good way to remember this verb meaning is to think of how the word chicken is also associated with fear. 1[N-COUNT 可数名词]鹌鹑 A quail is a type of small bird which is often shot and eaten. I've shot hundreds of quail with that gun.我用那只枪打死过几百只鹌鹑。Quail is the meat of this bird eaten as food.鹌鹑肉They dined off salmon, quail, and fruit.他们正餐吃的是鲑鱼、鹌鹑肉和水果。2[VERB 动词]胆怯；畏缩；害怕；退缩 If someone or something makes you quail, they make you feel very afraid, often so that you hesitate.   [V]  [V at n]  [LITERARY 文]The very words make many of us quail...这些话让我们许多人胆怯了。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。

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[kweil] Smaller than the chicken and not as well known as the pigeon, quail is like the often-overlooked middle child of the ground-dwelling bird family. Quail can also mean to cringe in fear or pain. So if you are a quail, you might quail at the thought of quail-hunting season. ★☆☆☆☆

英语单词	quail
英美音标	[kweil]
中文释义	v.感到恐惧
vocabulary简明	Smaller than the chicken and not as well known as the pigeon, quail is like the often-overlooked middle child of the ground-dwelling bird family. Quail can also mean to cringe in fear or pain. So if you are a quail, you might quail at the thought of quail-hunting season.
vocabulary扩展	Quail is a broad, catchall word; it can refer to any one of many small domestic game birds. So if you’re bragging about the quail you shot on a hunting trip to your uptight, bird-obsessed pals, they might demand to know if it was the Bobwhite quail, the Valley quail or the Scaled quail, to name just a few. If you use this word as a verb, it means to draw back in fear or pain. You might quail in fear at the sight of a playground bully. A good way to remember this verb meaning is to think of how the word chicken is also associated with fear.
柯林斯星级	★☆☆☆☆
柯林斯解释	1 [N-COUNT 可数名词]鹌鹑 A quail is a type of small bird which is often shot and eaten. I've shot hundreds of quail with that gun. 我用那只枪打死过几百只鹌鹑。 Quail is the meat of this bird eaten as food.鹌鹑肉 They dined off salmon, quail, and fruit. 他们正餐吃的是鲑鱼、鹌鹑肉和水果。 2 [VERB 动词]胆怯；畏缩；害怕；退缩 If someone or something makes you quail, they make you feel very afraid, often so that you hesitate. [V] [V at n] [LITERARY 文] The very words make many of us quail... 这些话让我们许多人胆怯了。 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。

Quail Bird Fear Shot Chicken Pain Small Word