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

• Snails and slugs leave a trail of mucus.
  蜗牛和蛞蝓爬过后留下粘液痕迹。
• Walrus feed on clams, snails and other bottom dwellers.
  海象以蛤蜊、蜗牛和其他海底生物为食。
• 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。
• I warmed a couple of snails, and your eggs are in the frying pan.
  我热的两个面包卷。你的鸡蛋在平煎锅里。
• 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。
• 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。
• Other harvested shellfish include clams ( Anadara sp.), oysters ( Crassostrea tulipa), mussels and snails.
  其它捕获的贝类包括蛤（Anadarasp.）、牡蛎（Crassostreatulipa）、贻贝和蜗牛。
• Slugs and snails feed at night.
  蛞蝓和蜗牛夜间进食。
• Elizabeth had been collecting snails for a school project
  伊丽莎白一直在为完成学校的一份课题作业收集蜗牛。
• Snails can sleep for 3 years.
  蜗牛一觉能睡3年。