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

• Limpets, snails and octopuses are mollusks.
  帽贝、蜗牛和章鱼都是软体动物。
• 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。
• Who brought some snails to his grandmother in Miami.
  给在迈阿密的祖母带了一些当地的蜗牛。
• Snails and slugs leave a trail of mucus.
  蜗牛和蛞蝓爬过后留下粘液痕迹。
• The microscopic worms infect snails, which in turn lay infected eggs.
  显微镜下的蠕虫传染蜗牛，继而产下虫卵。
• When plants are ruined, snails and slugs are the chief suspects.
  植物被毁，最有可能是蜗牛和鼻涕虫造成的。
• One of the chief edible snails.
  主要食用蜗牛的一种。
• Slugs and snails feed at night.
  蛞蝓和蜗牛夜间进食。
• 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。
• Oysters are molluscs, as are snails and cuttlefish.
  像蜗牛和乌贼一样，牡蛎是软体动物。