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。
• 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 are only two creatures who can surmount the pyramids-the eagle and the snail.
  能登上金字塔的动物只有两种&雄鹰和蜗牛。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。