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

A snail's pace is just fine with me.
蜗牛速度对我来说已经很好了。
No creature has received more praise and abuse than the common garden snail.
没有一种生物所受到的赞美和厌恶会超过普通花园里的蜗牛了。
She crumbled an empty snail shell in her fingers.
她用手指捏碎了一个空蜗牛壳。
The little snail found a pool to drink enough water.
小蜗牛找了个水塘，喝了个饱。
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！
A snail shrinks back at a touch.
蜗牛一碰就缩回去了。
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。
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。
There was once a snail who was sick and tired of his reputation for being so slow.
曾经有只蜗牛，它对自己动作慢的名声感到了厌恶和疲倦。