snail
英 [sneɪl]
美 [sneɪl]
n. 蜗牛
复数:snails
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.- The train was moving now at a snail's pace...
火车这会儿走得跟蜗牛一样慢。 - 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。
- The train was moving now at a snail's pace...
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
verb
- gather snails
- We went snailing in the summer
双语例句
- The snail drew in its feelers.
蜗牛把触角缩了回去。 - Figure 1 shows Snail Bait's runner exploding after colliding with the bee in the upper left corner.
图1显示了SnailBait的跑步小人与左上角的蜜蜂碰撞后发生爆炸。 - There he comes, in a snail's trot.
他终于来了,以蜗牛般的快步走。 - The little snail found a pool to drink enough water.
小蜗牛找了个水塘,喝了个饱。 - Like all of Snail Bait's actions, button detonation is a behavior.
和所有SnailBait动作一样,按钮引爆也是一种行为。 - Wait for butter to bake changed, can take out snail edible.
等奶油烤化了,就可以取出蜗牛食用了。 - There was once a snail who was sick and tired of his reputation for being so slow.
曾经有只蜗牛,它对自己动作慢的名声感到了厌恶和疲倦。 - 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。 - 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。