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

• The train was moving now at a snail's pace
  火车这会儿走得跟蜗牛一样慢。
• 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。
• 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。
• No creature has received more praise and abuse than the common garden snail.
  没有一种生物所受到的赞美和厌恶会超过普通花园里的蜗牛了。
• 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；
• I even slept in the snail as well.
  我甚至也在蜗牛壳中睡觉。
• There he comes, in a snail's trot.
  他终于来了，以蜗牛般的快步走。
• The little snail found a pool to drink enough water.
  小蜗牛找了个水塘，喝了个饱。
• 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。