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

There he comes, in a snail's trot.
他终于来了，以蜗牛般的快步走。
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。
A snail's pace is just fine with me.
蜗牛速度对我来说已经很好了。
The snail drew in its feelers.
蜗牛把触角缩了回去。
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。
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。
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。
She crumbled an empty snail shell in her fingers.
她用手指捏碎了一个空蜗牛壳。
Recall Listing 8, which lists Snail Bait's game loop.
回忆一下清单8，它列出了SnailBait的游戏循环。
A snail shrinks back at a touch.
蜗牛一碰就缩回去了。