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

• 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。