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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• The snail drew in its feelers.
  蜗牛把触角缩了回去。
• Good-bye, old snail Bay! Good-bye, old friend!
  再见了，老螺蛳湾！再见，老朋友！
• Can you snail mail it to me?
  你可以用邮寄的方式寄给我吗？
• 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。