单词 couch-quail 释义 † couch-quail Obs.In phrase, to play couch-quail, app. = couch as a quail (see couch v. 17, quot. 1386): cf. leap-frog n. Also as v.: To cower, crouch timidly.a1529Skelton Speke Parrot 420 To lowre, to droupe, to knele, to stowpe,...