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单词 quaillike
释义

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
quail1 /kweɪl/USA pronunciation   n. [countable], pl. quails, (esp. when thought of as a group) quail. 
  1. Birdsa small, plump bird of the pheasant family.

quail2 /kweɪl/USA pronunciation   v. [no object]
  1. to lose courage;
    shrink back in fear:quailed at the thought of the danger ahead.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
quail1  (kwāl),USA pronunciation n., pl. quails, ([esp. collectively]) quail. 
  1. Birdsa small, migratory, gallinaceous game bird, Coturnix coturnix, of the Old World.
  2. Birdsany of several other birds of the genus Coturnix and allied genera.
  3. Birdsany of various New World gallinaceous game birds of the genus Colinus and allied genera, esp. the bobwhite.
  4. Sex and Gender[Slang.]a woman or girl.
  • Gmc; compare Dutch kwakkel quail, Middle Dutch, Middle Low German quackele; akin to quack1
  • Old French
  • Middle English quaille 1300–50
quaillike′, adj. 

quail2  (kwāl),USA pronunciation v.i. 
    1. to lose heart or courage in difficulty or danger;
      shrink with fear.
    • Middle Dutch quelen, queilen
    • late Middle English 1400–50
      recoil, flinch, blench, cower. See wince. 

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