qualified ADJ. /有资格的;有限制的;被限制的/limited; restricted. Unable to give the candidate full support, the mayor gave
him only a qualified endorsement. (secondary meaning)
qualms N. /担心，害怕;担惊受怕;愧对良心/misgivings; uneasy fears, especially about matters of conscience. I have no
qualms about giving this assignment to Helen; I know she will handle it admirably.
quandary N. /两难的困境/dilemma. When both Harvard and Stanford accepted Laura, she was in a quandary as to
which school she should attend.
quarantine N. /隔离/isolation of person or ship to prevent spread of infection. We will have to place this house under
quarantine until we determine the exact nature of the disease. alsoV.
quarry N. /猎物;受害者/Victim; object of a hunt. The police closed in on their quarry.
quarry V. /挖掘出，寻找出/dig into. They quarried blocks of marble out of the hillside. also N.
quay N. /码头/dock; landing place. Because of the captain's carelessness, the ship crashed into the quay.
queasy ADJ. /神经质的，洁癖的;易呕吐的/easily nauseated; squeamish. Remember that great chase movie, the one with
the carsick passenger? That's right: Queasy Rider!
quell V. /扑灭;镇压;平息/extinguish; put down; quiet. Miss Minchin's demeanor was so stern and forbidding that she
could quell any unrest among her students with one intimidating glance.
quench V. /弄湿;扑灭;熄灭;淬火/douse or extinguish; assuage or satisfy. No matter how much water the hiker drank,
she could not quench her thirst.
querulous ADJ. /鸣不平的;易发牢骚的/fretful; whining. Even the most agreeable toddlers can begin to act querulous if
they miss their nap.
query N. /问询;质问/inquiry; question. In her column "Ask Beth," the columnist invites young readers to send her their
queries about life and love.
quibble N. /遁词;狡辩;支吾;吹毛求疵/minor objection or complaint. Aside from a few hundred teensy-weensy quibbles
about the set, the script, the actors, the director, the costumes, the lighting, and the props, the hypercritical critic loved the play. also V.
quiescent ADJ. /睡眠的;休息的;暂停活动的/at rest; dormant; temporarily inactive. After the great eruption, fear of Mount
Etna was great; people did not return to cultivate its rich hillside lands until the volcano had been quiescent for a full two years. quiescence, N.
quietude N. /平静;宁静/tranquility. He was impressed by the air of quietude and peace that pervaded the valley. quintessence N. /精粹;精华/purest and highest embodiment. Noel Coward displayed the quintessence of wit.
quip N. /嘲弄;讽刺/taunt. You are unpopular because you are too free with your quips and sarcastic comments. also V. quirk N. /反复无常;怪僻/startling twist; caprice. By a quirk of fate, he found himself working for the man whom he had
discharged years before.
quiver V. /振动的;颤抖的;敏捷的/tremble; shake. The bird dog's nose twitched and his whiskers quivered as he strained
eagerly against the leash. also N.
quiver N. /舐箭的/case for arrows. Robin Hood reached back and plucked one last arrow from his quiver. (secondary
meaning)
quixotic ADJ. /空想的;狂想的/idealistic but impractical. Constantly coming up with quixotic, unworkable schemes to save
the world, Simon has his heart in the right place, but his head somewhere in the clouds.
quizzical ADJ. /古怪的;嘲弄的;令人好奇的/teasing; bantering; mocking; curious. When the skinny teenager tripped over
his own feet stepping into the bullpen, Coach raised one quizzical eyebrow, shook his head, and said, "Okay, kid. You're here, let's see what you've got."
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