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单词 quail
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quail

Word family nounquailquailing
Related topics: Birds
quail1 /kweɪl/ noun [countableC, uncountableU]  
HBBa small fat bird with a short tail that is hunted for food or sport, or the meat from this bird 鹌鹑;鹌鹑肉4  See picture of 见图 quail
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quail2 verb [intransitiveI]  
literaryFRIGHTENED to be afraid and show it by shaking a little bit or moving back slightly 害怕;畏缩 SYN shrink
quail at
 She quailed visibly at the sight of the prison walls.
看到监狱的围墙,她显然胆怯了。
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Origin quail1
(1300-1400) Old French quaille, from Medieval Latin quaccula
quail2
(1400-1500) quail to curdle ((15-19 centuries)), from Latin coagulare; → COAGULATE
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