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.

廚師用鵪鶉肉做了一道美味的菜餚。

verb
R

To become scared or to show that you are scared.

When he saw the spider, he quailed in fear.

當他看到蜘蛛時,他因為害怕而畏縮。

translation

n. 鵪鶉
v. 畏懼

詞形變化

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