snail

英 [sneɪl]

美 [sneɪl]

n.  蜗牛

复数：snails　

CET6

Collins.1 / BNC.8765 / COCA.10183

习惯用语

n.

at a snail's pace
• 非常缓慢
  very slowly

牛津词典

noun

• 蜗牛
  a small soft creature with a hard round shell on its back, that moves very slowly and often eats garden plants. Some types of snail can be eaten.

柯林斯词典

• 蜗牛
  Asnailis a small animal with a long, soft body, no legs, and a spiral-shaped shell. Snails move very slowly.
• PHRASE 慢吞吞地;缓慢地
  If you say that someone does somethingat a snail's pace, you are emphasizing that they are doing it very slowly, usually when you think it would be better if they did it much more quickly.
  1. The train was moving now at a snail's pace...
     火车这会儿走得跟蜗牛一样慢。
  2. The economy grew at a snail's pace in the first three months of this year.
     今年第一季度经济增速缓慢。

英英释义

noun

• freshwater or marine or terrestrial gastropod mollusk usually having an external enclosing spiral shell
• edible terrestrial snail usually served in the shell with a sauce of melted butter and garlic
  Synonym:escargot

verb

• gather snails
  1. We went snailing in the summer

双语例句

• There he comes, in a snail's trot.
  他终于来了，以蜗牛般的快步走。
• Recall Listing 8, which lists Snail Bait's game loop.
  回忆一下清单8，它列出了SnailBait的游戏循环。
• I will come down to talk to you in a moment,@ replied the snail.
  我一会儿就下来和你说话，蜗牛回答。
• A snail's pace is just fine with me.
  蜗牛速度对我来说已经很好了。
• A snail shrinks back at a touch.
  蜗牛一碰就缩回去了。
• The train was moving now at a snail's pace
  火车这会儿走得跟蜗牛一样慢。
• Can you snail mail it to me?
  你可以用邮寄的方式寄给我吗？
• Land snails including the common edible snail and some pests.
  蜗牛包括普通食用蜗牛和一些有害蜗牛。
• I even slept in the snail as well.
  我甚至也在蜗牛壳中睡觉。
• No creature has received more praise and abuse than the common garden snail.
  没有一种生物所受到的赞美和厌恶会超过普通花园里的蜗牛了。