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

• A snail's pace is just fine with me.
  蜗牛速度对我来说已经很好了。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• In this installment, learn how Snail Bait implements collision detection and explosions.
  在这一期的文章中，将学习SnailBait如何实现碰撞检测和爆炸。
• She crumbled an empty snail shell in her fingers.
  她用手指捏碎了一个空蜗牛壳。
• 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；