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

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。
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。
A snail shrinks back at a touch.
蜗牛一碰就缩回去了。
Good-bye, old snail Bay! Good-bye, old friend!
再见了，老螺蛳湾！再见，老朋友！
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。
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。
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。
She crumbled an empty snail shell in her fingers.
她用手指捏碎了一个空蜗牛壳。
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。