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；
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。
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 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。
When a snail crossed the road, he was run over by a turtle.
一个蜗牛过马路，被一个乌龟从身上碾过。
She crumbled an empty snail shell in her fingers.
她用手指捏碎了一个空蜗牛壳。
A snail's pace is just fine with me.
蜗牛速度对我来说已经很好了。
The snail creeps into the earth and hides.
蜗牛也爬进了地里躲了起来。
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。
Good-bye, old snail Bay! Good-bye, old friend!
再见了，老螺蛳湾！再见，老朋友！