quailed

英汉释义

• n.

  1.【动】鹌鹑

  2.〈美俚〉女大学生;漂亮姑娘

• v.

  1.沮丧;畏缩 (at before to)

  2.〈古〉使沮丧;使畏缩

英英释义

• n.

  1.a small bird that people shoot and eat; this bird eaten as food

• v.

  1.to be very afraid, often so afraid that your body shakes slightly

英汉例句

• 1.At the word money she quailed and withdrew her hand.

  她听见钱这个字，就吓得把手缩回来。

• 2.He quailed at the thought of meeting the President.

  他对会见总统的打算感到害怕。

• 3.Said, _Dear I love thee_; and I sank and quailed.

  此封，爱，爱你；我畏缩、消沉。

• 4.I had to stem a rapid rush of retrospective thought before I quailed to the dismal present.

  我得先和激流般的回忆搏斗一下，才不会在可怕的现实面前屈服。

• 5.He quailed with fear at the thought of telling her the bad news.

  他一想到要告诉她那个不幸的消息，便吓得发抖。

• 6.Stouter hearts that a woman's have quailed in this terrible winter.

  再坚强的女人，她的心也在这可怖的冬天面前畏缩。

• 7.Walter quailed at the prospect before him.

  瓦尔特对自己的前途感到惶恐。

• 8.His heart quailed before the enormous pyramidal shape.

  他的心在这金字塔状巨物前瑟瑟缩缩。

• 9.He quailed AT the prospect before him.

  他对自己的前途感到畏惧。

• 10.The boy quailed (with fear) at the sight .

  男孩看到那情景而畏缩（害怕）。