quail

🇺🇸 /kweɪl/ 🇬🇧 /kweɪl/
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noun
R

A small brown bird that people eat, and whose eggs are also used as food.

The chef prepared a delicious dish using quail meat.

シェフは鳶の肉を使って美味しい料理を作りました。

verb
R

To become scared or to show that you are scared.

When he saw the spider, he quailed in fear.

彼がクモを見たとき、彼は恐怖で縮こまりました。

translation

n. 鳩
v. 縮む

語形変化

3rd Present quails
Past quailed
Perfect quailed
Progressive quailing
Plural quails