quails
n. 鵪鶉( quail的名詞複數 ); 鵪鶉肉
v. 害怕,發抖,畏縮( quail的第三人稱單數 )
A quail is a type of small bird which is often shot and eaten.
I've shot hundreds of quail with that gun.
我用那隻槍打死過幾百隻鵪鶉。
If someone or something makes you quail, they make you feel very afraid, often so that you hesitate.
The very words make many of us quail...
這些話讓我們許多人膽怯了。
He told Naomi she was becoming just like Maya. Naomi quailed at the thought.
他告訴娜奧米,她正變得和馬婭一樣。一想到這裡,娜奧米便不寒而慄。
Speckled quails rustled in the underbrush.
鵪鶉在矮樹叢裡沙沙作響.
I went out to pop some quails.
我出去打幾隻鵪鶉.
A bevy of quails lit in the tress near our house.
一群鵪鶉停落在我家附近的樹上.
Then he called together his whole nation a thousand quails.
於是他召集了他的王國的上千只鵪鶉們.
Then he called together his whole nation of a thousand quails.
於是他召集整個王國一千隻鵪鶉,也邀請其他鵪鶉參加這次會議.