snails

英 [sneɪlz]

美 [sneɪlz]

n.  蜗牛
snail的复数

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。

双语例句

• When plants are ruined, snails and slugs are the chief suspects.
  植物被毁，最有可能是蜗牛和鼻涕虫造成的。
• Limpets, snails and octopuses are mollusks.
  帽贝、蜗牛和章鱼都是软体动物。
• Slugs and snails feed at night.
  蛞蝓和蜗牛夜间进食。
• 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。
• Snails and slugs leave a trail of mucus.
  蜗牛和蛞蝓爬过后留下粘液痕迹。
• They live by gathering shellfish and snails.
  他们靠采集贝类和蜗牛为主。
• These snails do not occur on low-lying coral islands or atolls.
  在地势低平的珊瑚岛或环礁上没有这种螺。
• The disease is caused by parasitic worms called schistosoma that grow in some freshwater snails.
  该病是由一些淡水蜗牛中寄生的血吸虫属寄生虫引起的。
• This is because frogs catch mainly soft animals like worms and snails.
  这是因为青蛙的捕食对象主要是软体动物，比如蠕虫和蜗牛。
• Walrus feed on clams, snails and other bottom dwellers.
  海象以蛤蜊、蜗牛和其他海底生物为食。