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TOEFL BNC: 22344 COCA: 13122

quail

noun
/kweɪl/
/kweɪl/
[countable, uncountable]
(plural quails, quail)
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  1. a small brown bird, whose meat and eggs are used for food; the meat of this bird鹌鹑;鹌鹑肉Topics Birdsc2
    Word Originnoun Middle English: from Old French quaille, from medieval Latin coacula (probably imitative of its call).

quail

verb
/kweɪl/
/kweɪl/
[intransitive] (literary)
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they quail
/kweɪl/
/kweɪl/
he / she / it quails
/kweɪlz/
/kweɪlz/
past simple quailed
/kweɪld/
/kweɪld/
past participle quailed
/kweɪld/
/kweɪld/
-ing form quailing
/ˈkweɪlɪŋ/
/ˈkweɪlɪŋ/
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  1. quail (at/before somebody/something) to feel frightened or to show that you are frightened感觉(或显出)恐惧;胆怯;畏缩Topics Feelingsc2
    Word Originverb late Middle English (in the sense ‘waste away, come to nothing’): of unknown origin.
TOEFL BNC: 22344 COCA: 13122
TOEFL BNC: 22344 COCA: 13122

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