quail
n. 鹑,鹌鹑;鹌鹑肉
v. 畏缩,胆怯
【名】 (Quail)(美、爱)奎尔(人名)
复数 quails或quail
第三人称单数 quails
现在分词 quailing
过去式 quailed
过去分词 quailed
例句
The very words make many of us quail.
这些话让我们当中的许多人都胆怯了。
Just in front of you was a quail with its chicks.
就在你面前有一只带着一群幼雏的鹌鹑。
On the other side of the rise, an endless impenetrable thicket of poison oak and coyote brush hides quail and other members of its guild.
在另一边,则生活着无边浓密的毒橡林和藏着鹌鹑的郊狼灌木丛以及其他成员。