"quail" em Chinese (Traditional)

• 鵪鶉
• 畏縮

Definição

「Quail」是一種小型地棲鳥類，經常被捕獵作食物或娛樂之用。此字亦可指突然感覺或表現出害怕。

Notas de Uso (Chinese (Traditional))

名詞時多指鳥，複數常用「quail」。作動詞時屬正式/文學語氣，意思為因害怕退縮。日常生活中多指鳥或鵪鶉蛋。

Exemplos

A quail ran across the garden.

一隻**鵪鶉**跑過花園。

We saw many quail on our hike.

我們在健行時看到許多**鵪鶉**。

The chef cooked quail for dinner.

廚師做了**鵪鶉**當晚餐。

He didn't quail at the sound of thunder; he stayed calm.

他聽到雷聲時沒有**畏縮**，依然鎮定。

Even the bravest may quail in front of danger.

即使最勇敢的人在危險面前也可能**畏縮**。

The villagers hunted quail in the fields at dawn.

村民在黎明時在田地裡捕捉**鵪鶉**。