quail¹

KK: [kwеl] DJ: [kwеil]

n.[C]

quail²

KK: [kwеl] DJ: [kwеil]

vi.

膽怯；畏縮；洩氣[（+with/at）]
I quailed with fear at the thought of telling her the bad news.
我一想到要告訴她這個壞消息就不寒而慄。

以上來源於：《英漢大辭典》

n.

(pl. same or quails)

a small short-tailed game bird. [Coturnix coturnix and other species.]

ME: from OFr. quaille, from med. L. coacula (prob. imitative of its call).

v.

feel or show fear or apprehension.

ME (in the sense ‘waste away’): of unknown origin.

以上來源於：《簡明牛津英語詞典》

以上來源於：《國家教育研究院雙語詞彙辭典(英漢)》