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

• 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。
• If you mouth each word as you read, this slows down you toa snail's speed.
  如果你口中每个单词你读，这放慢你一个蜗牛的速度。
• 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。
• When a snail crossed the road, he was run over by a turtle.
  一个蜗牛过马路，被一个乌龟从身上碾过。
• The snail creeps into the earth and hides.
  蜗牛也爬进了地里躲了起来。
• 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；
• 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。
• 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。
• Good-bye, old snail Bay! Good-bye, old friend!
  再见了，老螺蛳湾！再见，老朋友！
• A snail's pace is just fine with me.
  蜗牛速度对我来说已经很好了。