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(quails, or quail, quails, quailing, quailed) 1. A quail is a type of small bird which is often shot and eaten. N-COUNT 2. If someone or something makes you quail, they make you feel very afraid, often so that you hesitate. (LITERARY) The very words make many of us quail... He told Naomi she was becoming just like Maya. Naomi quailed at the thought. VERB: V, V at n ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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I. noun (plural ~ or ~s) Etymology: Middle English ~e, from Anglo-French, from Medieval Latin quaccula, of imitative origin Date: 14th century any of numerous small gallinaceous birds: as a. an Old World migratory game bird (Coturnix coturnix) b. bobwhite II. verb Etymology: Middle English, from Middle Dutch quelen Date: 15th century intransitive verb 1. a. chiefly dialect wither, decline b. to give way ; falter his courage never ~ed 2. to recoil in dread or terror ; cower the strongest ~ before financial ruin — Samuel Butler †1902 transitive verb archaic to make fearful Synonyms: see recoil ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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1. n. (pl. same or quails) any small migratory bird of the genus Coturnix, with a short tail and allied to the partridge. Etymology: ME f. OF quaille f. med.L coacula (prob. imit.) 2. v.intr. flinch; be apprehensive with fear. Etymology: ME, of unkn. orig. ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1) перепел (Coturnix); обыкновенный перепел (Coturnix coturnix) 2) мелкая птица из сем. фазановых (Phasianidae) – banded quail – black-breasted quail – blue quail – brown quail – bush quail – button quail – California quail – common quail – crested quail – harlequin quail – Indian mountain quail – Japanese quail – Montezuma quail – mountain quail – New Guinea quail – ocellated quail – painted quail – pectoral quail – rain quail – scaled quail – singing quail – snow mountain quail – stripe-faced quail – stubble quail – tawny-faced quail – wood quail ...Англо-русский Русско-английский биологический словарь
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1. зоол. перепел, перепелка (Coturnix communis) 2. зоол. куропатка (Perdix spp.) 3. мясо перепелки или куропатки 4. ам. сл. уст. студентка 5. старая дева 6. проститутка 7. трусить, пасовать; приходить в ужас; дрогнуть his heart (courage) quailed —- его охватил страх we quailed at the thought —- мы ужаснулись при этой мысли to quail in the face of danger —- струсить перед лицом опасности his eyes quailed before her glance —- он не выдержал ее взгляда 8. падать духом 9. редк. запугивать ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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I noun 1) pl. invar. перепел 2) amer.; univ.; sl. студентка II v. 1) дрогнуть; струсить, спасовать (at, before); I quail at the prospect of waiting another weekend for some fine weather. 2) rare запугивать ...Англо-русский словарь
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