snail

Word family nounsnailerysnailfishsnail mailsnailadjectivesnaily

Related topics: Animals

snail /sneɪl/ noun [countableC]

HBAa small soft creature that moves very slowly and has a hard shell on its back 蜗牛

2 at a snail’s pace SLOWextremely slowly 以蜗牛的速度，极慢地，慢吞吞地

Traffic was moving at a snail’s pace.

车辆移动的速度慢得像蜗牛。

Examples from the Corpus

snail• Making a shell is costly for a snail.• If insects, worms and snails could scream, would you still light that bonfire?• At different points along a trail the child sees snails-different snails each time.• Some of these, such as most small snails and limpets, are quite harmless.• Unfortunately, the snail spread across the island and caused widespread destruction to crops.• The snails had vanished, but now some one seemingly had traced a picture of a butterfly in the dirt.

Origin snail

Old English snægl

词汇	snail
释义	snail Word family nounsnailerysnailfishsnail mailsnailadjectivesnaily Related topics: Animals snail /sneɪl/ ●○○ noun [countableC] 1. HBAa small soft creature that moves very slowly and has a hard shell on its back 蜗牛 2 at a snail’s pace SLOWextremely slowly 以蜗牛的速度，极慢地，慢吞吞地 Traffic was moving at a snail’s pace. 车辆移动的速度慢得像蜗牛。 Examples from the Corpus snail• Making a shell is costly for a snail.• If insects, worms and snails could scream, would you still light that bonfire?• At different points along a trail the child sees snails-different snails each time.• Some of these, such as most small snails and limpets, are quite harmless.• Unfortunately, the snail spread across the island and caused widespread destruction to crops.• The snails had vanished, but now some one seemingly had traced a picture of a butterfly in the dirt. Origin snail Old English snægl
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