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.
シェフは鳶の肉を使って美味しい料理を作りました。
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。