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 can only move very slowly because I am only a snail.
我只能慢吞吞地移动，因为我只是一只蜗牛。
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。
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。
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。
Prevention and control of schistosomiasis is based on preventive treatment, snail control, improved sanitation and health education.
预防和控制血吸虫病的基础是，开展预防性治疗，灭螺，改善环境卫生，并进行卫生教育。
The snail creeps into the earth and hides.
蜗牛也爬进了地里躲了起来。
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。
A snail's pace is just fine with me.
蜗牛速度对我来说已经很好了。
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。