知识点53 ：Q字母开头的单词 quail-quisling

quail（quell：平息

1. A quail is a type of bird that lives on the ground and is often shot and eaten
2. If someone or something makes you quail, they make you feel very afraid, often so that you hesitate
   subjugate：征服
3. If someone subjugates a group of people, they take complete control of them, especially by defeating them in a war
4. If your wishes or disires are subjugated to something, they are treated as less important than that thing
   quiet：安静
5. Someone or something that is quiet makes only a small amount of noise
6. If a place is quiet, there is very little noise there
7. If a place, situation, or time is quiet, there is no excitement, activity, or trouble
8. If you are quiet, you are not saying anything
9. A quiet person behaves in a calm way and is not easily made angry or upset
10. If you keep quiet about something or keep something quiet, you do not say anything about it
11. If something is done on the quiet, it is done secretly or in such a way that people do not notice it
    squelch：静噪）
12. If you squelch something, you stop it from developing or succeeding
13. To squelch means to make a wet, sucking sound, like the sound you make when you are walking on wet, muddy ground

qualm（misgiving：疑虑
If you have no qualms about doing something, you are not worried that it may be wrong in some way
calm：平静）

1. A calm person does not show or feel any worry, anger, or excitement
2. If someone says that a place is calm, they mean that it is free from fighting or public disorder, when trouble has recently occurred there or had been expected
3. If the sea or a lake is calm, the water is not moving very much and there are no big waves
4. Calm weather is pleasant weather with little or no wind
5. Calm is used to refer to a quiet still, or peaceful atmosphere in a place
6. To calm a situation means to reduce the amount of trouble, violence, or panic there is
7. When the sea calms, it becomes still because the wind stops blowing strongly. When the wind calms, it stops blowing strongly

quaver（quiver：颤抖
If someone’s voice quavers, it sounds unsteady, usually because they are nervous or uncertain
shiver：哆嗦
When you shiver, your body shakes slightly because you are cold or frightened

shudder：不寒而栗

1. If you shudder, you shake with fear, horror, or disgust, or because you are cold
2. If something such as a machine or vehicle shudders, it shakes suddenly and violently
3. If something sends a shudder or shudders through a group of people, it makes them worried or afraid
   shoulder：肩
4. If you shoulder the responsibility or the blame for something, you accept it
5. If you shoulder someone aside or if you shoulder your way somewhere, you push past people roughly using your shoulder
6. A shoulder is a cut of meat from the upper part of the front leg of an animal
7. On a busy road such as a motorway, the shoulder is the area at the side of the road where vehicles are allowed to stop in an emergency
8. If someone offers you a shoulder to cry on or is a shoulder to cry on, they listen sympathetically as you talk about your troubles
9. If you say that someone or something stands head and shoulders above other people or things, you mean that they are a lot better than them
10. If two or more people stand shoulder to shoulder, they are next to each other, wich their shoulders touching
    quake：地震）
    .1 If you quake, you shake, usually because you are very afraid
    If you are quaking in your boots or quaking in your shoes, you feel very nervous or afraid, and may be feeling slightly weak as a result

querulous 发牢骚的
Someone who is querulous often complains about things

quirk（queer：奇怪的

1. A quirk is something unusual or interesting that happens by chance
2. A quirk is a habit or aspect of a person’s character which is odd or unusual
   outlandish：古怪的
   If you describe something as outlandish, you disapprove of it or find it funny because you think it is very unusual, strange, or unreasonable
   eccentric：偏心
   If you say that someone is eccentric, you mean that they behave in a strange way, and have habits or opinions that are different from those of most people
   bizarre：离奇
   Something that is bizarre is very odd and stanrge
   bazaar：集市
3. In areas such as the Middle East and India, a bazaar is a place where there are many small stores and stalls
4. A bazaar is a sale to raise money for charity
   quaint：古雅）
   Something that is quaint is attractive because it is old-fashioned

quisling（traitor：叛徒
A traitor who said aids an occupying enemy force
apostate：叛教者
An apostate is someone who has abandoned their religious faith, political loyalties, or principles
renegade：叛徒）
A renegade is a person who abandons the religious, political, or philosophical beliefs that he or she used to havem and accepts opposing or different beliefs