| [/sneɪl; snel/] n 用法:
1 type of small soft slow-moving animal, usu with a hard spiral shell 蜗牛:
Snails have been eating our lettuces. 蜗牛一直在吃我们的莴苣. *
The snail retreated into its shell. 蜗牛缩进壳里去了. 用法:
2 (idm 习语) at a `snail's pace very slowly 极慢的:
The old woman crossed the road at a snail's pace. 那个老太太横过马路时走得慢极了. |