snail

英 [sneɪl]

美 [sneɪl]

n. 蜗牛

复数：snails　

Collins.1 / BNC.8765 / COCA.10183

习惯用语

at a snail's pace

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.

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。

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

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；
Good-bye, old snail Bay! Good-bye, old friend!
再见了，老螺蛳湾！再见，老朋友！
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。
I even slept in the snail as well.
我甚至也在蜗牛壳中睡觉。
A snail's pace is just fine with me.
蜗牛速度对我来说已经很好了。
She crumbled an empty snail shell in her fingers.
她用手指捏碎了一个空蜗牛壳。
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。
The snail drew in its feelers.
蜗牛把触角缩了回去。
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。