snails

英 [sneɪlz]

美 [sneɪlz]

n.  蜗牛
snail的复数

柯林斯词典

• 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。

双语例句

• Any of several inedible snails of the genus Helix; often destructive pests.
  螺旋属中的几种不能食用的蜗牛；是经常具有破坏性的害虫。
• Snails can sleep for 3 years.
  蜗牛一觉能睡3年。
• Then, if worm eggs in human waste enter fresh water, more snails and people become infected.
  当血吸虫卵随着人体的排泄物到了水中，那么更多的蜗牛和人就被感染。
• This is because frogs catch mainly soft animals like worms and snails.
  这是因为青蛙的捕食对象主要是软体动物，比如蠕虫和蜗牛。
• Schistosomiasis, a parasitic disease transmitted by aquatic snails, also seems to be affected by climate.
  由水生螺传播的一种称为血吸虫病的寄生虫病似乎也会受到气候的影响。
• These snails do not occur on low-lying coral islands or atolls.
  在地势低平的珊瑚岛或环礁上没有这种螺。
• Humans become infected when they enter fresh water where the snails live.
  当人们接触了蜗牛生活的淡水时，便被感染。
• Limpets, snails and octopuses are mollusks.
  帽贝、蜗牛和章鱼都是软体动物。
• 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。
• I had forgotten all about the snails when Robert suddenly said that I must stay to dinner.
  我把蜗牛的事已忘得一干二净，罗伯特突然提出一定要我留下来吃饭，这才提醒了我。