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

Figure 1 shows Snail Bait's runner exploding after colliding with the bee in the upper left corner.
图1显示了SnailBait的跑步小人与左上角的蜜蜂碰撞后发生爆炸。
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。
The snail drew in its feelers.
蜗牛把触角缩了回去。
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。
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。
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。
Like all of Snail Bait's actions, button detonation is a behavior.
和所有SnailBait动作一样，按钮引爆也是一种行为。
There are only two creatures who can surmount the pyramids-the eagle and the snail.
能登上金字塔的动物只有两种&雄鹰和蜗牛。
Wait for butter to bake changed, can take out snail edible.
等奶油烤化了，就可以取出蜗牛食用了。