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

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。
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。
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。
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。
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。
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。
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。
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。
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。