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

• I can only move very slowly because I am only a snail.
  我只能慢吞吞地移动，因为我只是一只蜗牛。
• 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。
• Can you snail mail it to me?
  你可以用邮寄的方式寄给我吗？
• The nutrimental composition of snail was detected and analyzed in this paper.
  对青螺肉的营养成分进行了检测和分析。
• The snail drew in its feelers.
  蜗牛把触角缩了回去。
• I have never been able to look at a snail since then.
  从那以后，我再也不能看一眼蜗牛了。
• There he comes, in a snail's trot.
  他终于来了，以蜗牛般的快步走。
• I confess it with shame& shrunk icily into myself, like a snail;
  我羞愧地忏悔了&冷冰冰地退缩，像个蜗牛似的；
• 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。
• Good-bye, old snail Bay! Good-bye, old friend!
  再见了，老螺蛳湾！再见，老朋友！