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

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。
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。
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。
The little snail found a pool to drink enough water.
小蜗牛找了个水塘，喝了个饱。
Can you snail mail it to me?
你可以用邮寄的方式寄给我吗？
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。
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；
A snail's pace is just fine with me.
蜗牛速度对我来说已经很好了。
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。
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。