quail
🇺🇸
/kweɪl/
🇬🇧
/kweɪl/
A small brown bird that people eat, and whose eggs are also used as food.
The chef prepared a delicious dish using quail meat.
厨师用鹌鹑肉做了一道美味的菜肴。
To become scared or to show that you are scared.
When he saw the spider, he quailed in fear.
当他看到蜘蛛时,他因害怕而畏缩。