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

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。
If you mouth each word as you read, this slows down you toa snail's speed.
如果你口中每个单词你读，这放慢你一个蜗牛的速度。
I have never been able to look at a snail since then.
从那以后，我再也不能看一眼蜗牛了。
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。
She crumbled an empty snail shell in her fingers.
她用手指捏碎了一个空蜗牛壳。
The nutrimental composition of snail was detected and analyzed in this paper.
对青螺肉的营养成分进行了检测和分析。
There he comes, in a snail's trot.
他终于来了，以蜗牛般的快步走。
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。
Good-bye, old snail Bay! Good-bye, old friend!
再见了，老螺蛳湾！再见，老朋友！
The little snail found a pool to drink enough water.
小蜗牛找了个水塘，喝了个饱。