quailing
英 [ˈkweɪlɪŋ]
美 [ˈkweɪlɪŋ]
v. 感觉(或显出)恐惧; 胆怯; 畏缩
quail的现在分词
柯林斯词典
- N-COUNT 鹌鹑
A quail is a type of small bird which is often shot and eaten.
- I've shot hundreds of quail with that gun.
我用那只枪打死过几百只鹌鹑。 - Quail is the meat of this bird eaten as food.
鹌鹑肉 - They dined off salmon, quail, and fruit.
他们正餐吃的是鲑鱼、鹌鹑肉和水果。
- VERB 胆怯;畏缩;害怕;退缩
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...
这些话让我们许多人胆怯了。 - He told Naomi she was becoming just like Maya. Naomi quailed at the thought.
他告诉娜奥米,她正变得和马娅一样。一想到这里,娜奥米便不寒而栗。
双语例句
- Melanie rose to her feet, confused, her heart quailing at the thought of confronting rhett.
媚兰站起来,真不知怎么办好,一想到要面对瑞德心里就发怵。
- The prime minister must be quailing before the onslaught of the radical press.
面对着激进的新闻界的攻击,首相肯定在退缩。
- Heavy industry was quailing before foreign competition.
重工业在外国人的竞争面前畏缩了。