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

• 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 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 snail creeps into the earth and hides.
  蜗牛也爬进了地里躲了起来。
• 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 train was moving now at a snail's pace
  火车这会儿走得跟蜗牛一样慢。
• She crumbled an empty snail shell in her fingers.
  她用手指捏碎了一个空蜗牛壳。
• There he comes, in a snail's trot.
  他终于来了，以蜗牛般的快步走。
• I even slept in the snail as well.
  我甚至也在蜗牛壳中睡觉。
• Can you snail mail it to me?
  你可以用邮寄的方式寄给我吗？
• A snail shrinks back at a touch.
  蜗牛一碰就缩回去了。