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

• 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。
• 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。
• Most snails have shells on their backs.
  大多数蜗牛背上有壳。
• These snails do not occur on low-lying coral islands or atolls.
  在地势低平的珊瑚岛或环礁上没有这种螺。
• 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。
• Slugs and snails feed at night.
  蛞蝓和蜗牛夜间进食。
• One of the chief edible snails.
  主要食用蜗牛的一种。
• The microscopic worms infect snails, which in turn lay infected eggs.
  显微镜下的蠕虫传染蜗牛，继而产下虫卵。
• The snails are no larger than one centimetre across.
  这些蜗牛体宽不超过1厘米。
• 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。