英语词汇“quail”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

quail1

/kweɪl

noun (plural same or quails)

1A small short-tailed Old World game bird resembling a tiny partridge, typically having brown camouflaged plumage.

Family Phasianidae: three genera, in particular Coturnix, and several species, e.g. the widespread migratory common quail (C. coturnix).

Birds such as grouse, crows, quail, partridge, nightjars, cuckoos, shrikes, larks, pipits, merlins, harriers, kestrels and buzzards would all have been seen....

During the past seven years, Poppy and husband Pete, who fund the sanctuary themselves, have taken scores of animals and birds under their wing, including geese, dogs, a cow, partridge, pheasant and quail.
Once the butter starts to sizzle, add the quail and brown all over (one to two minutes).

2A small or medium-sized New World game bird, the male of which has distinctive facial markings.

Family Phasianidae (or Odontophoridae): several genera and many species, including the bobwhite.

Male quail are often aggressive before and during the breeding season....

Callipepla californica are New World quail, birds that have chunky, rounded bodies and crests or head plumes.
But then a new male and female California quail strolled into the yard with a recently hatched brood of five chicks.

Origin

Middle English: from Old French quaille, from medieval Latin coacula (probably imitative of its call).

Rhymes

quail2

/kweɪl

verb [no object]

Feel or show fear or apprehension: she quailed at his heartless words...

I knew that the arête would have to be surmounted and I quailed in fear.
So I stayed there, and the cat joined me, and we quailed and quaked and waited for it to stop.
I remember quailing in horror at the American charts in those days.

Synonyms

cower, cringe, waver, falter, get cold feet;

flinch, shrink, recoil, start, shy (away), pull back, back away, draw back;

shudder, shiver, tremble, shake, quake, blench, blanch

Origin

Late Middle English (in the sense 'waste away, come to nothing'): of unknown origin.

单词	quail
释义	quail1 /kweɪl / noun (plural same or quails) 1A small short-tailed Old World game bird resembling a tiny partridge, typically having brown camouflaged plumage. Family Phasianidae: three genera, in particular Coturnix, and several species, e.g. the widespread migratory common quail (C. coturnix). Birds such as grouse, crows, quail, partridge, nightjars, cuckoos, shrikes, larks, pipits, merlins, harriers, kestrels and buzzards would all have been seen.... During the past seven years, Poppy and husband Pete, who fund the sanctuary themselves, have taken scores of animals and birds under their wing, including geese, dogs, a cow, partridge, pheasant and quail. Once the butter starts to sizzle, add the quail and brown all over (one to two minutes). 2A small or medium-sized New World game bird, the male of which has distinctive facial markings. Family Phasianidae (or Odontophoridae): several genera and many species, including the bobwhite. Male quail are often aggressive before and during the breeding season.... Callipepla californica are New World quail, birds that have chunky, rounded bodies and crests or head plumes. But then a new male and female California quail strolled into the yard with a recently hatched brood of five chicks. Origin Middle English: from Old French quaille, from medieval Latin coacula (probably imitative of its call). Rhymes ail, ale, assail, avail, bail, bale, bewail, brail, Braille, chain mail, countervail, curtail, dale, downscale, drail, dwale, entail, exhale, fail, faille, flail, frail, Gael, Gail, gale, Grail, grisaille, hail, hale, impale, jail, kale, mail, male, webmail, nonpareil, outsail, pail, pale, rail, sail, sale, sangrail, scale, shale, snail, stale, swale, tail, tale, they'll, trail, upscale, vail, vale, veil, surveil, wail, wale, whale, Yale quail2 /kweɪl / verb [no object] Feel or show fear or apprehension: she quailed at his heartless words... I knew that the arête would have to be surmounted and I quailed in fear. So I stayed there, and the cat joined me, and we quailed and quaked and waited for it to stop. I remember quailing in horror at the American charts in those days. Synonyms cower, cringe, waver, falter, get cold feet; flinch, shrink, recoil, start, shy (away), pull back, back away, draw back; shudder, shiver, tremble, shake, quake, blench, blanch Origin Late Middle English (in the sense 'waste away, come to nothing'): of unknown origin.
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