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 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。
• As a result, snail thought of a way, he would carry on the back of his house.
  于是，蜗牛想到了一个办法，他将自己的房子背在背上。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Prevention and control of schistosomiasis is based on preventive treatment, snail control, improved sanitation and health education.
  预防和控制血吸虫病的基础是，开展预防性治疗，灭螺，改善环境卫生，并进行卫生教育。
• The snail drew in its feelers.
  蜗牛把触角缩了回去。
• 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 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。