snails

英 [sneɪlz]

美 [sneɪlz]

n.  蜗牛
snail的复数

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。

双语例句

• Schistosomiasis, a parasitic disease transmitted by aquatic snails, also seems to be affected by climate.
  由水生螺传播的一种称为血吸虫病的寄生虫病似乎也会受到气候的影响。
• Who brought some snails to his grandmother in Miami.
  给在迈阿密的祖母带了一些当地的蜗牛。
• Walrus feed on clams, snails and other bottom dwellers.
  海象以蛤蜊、蜗牛和其他海底生物为食。
• One of the chief edible snails.
  主要食用蜗牛的一种。
• Snails and octopuses are molluscs.
  蜗牛和章鱼是软体动物。
• Other harvested shellfish include clams ( Anadara sp.), oysters ( Crassostrea tulipa), mussels and snails.
  其它捕获的贝类包括蛤（Anadarasp.）、牡蛎（Crassostreatulipa）、贻贝和蜗牛。
• The disease is caused by parasitic worms called schistosoma that grow in some freshwater snails.
  该病是由一些淡水蜗牛中寄生的血吸虫属寄生虫引起的。
• I have always believed that the snails will be successful.
  我就一直相信，蜗牛会成功的。
• Elizabeth had been collecting snails for a school project
  伊丽莎白一直在为完成学校的一份课题作业收集蜗牛。
• Snails and slugs leave a trail of mucus.
  蜗牛和蛞蝓爬过后留下粘液痕迹。