snail
美 [sneɪl] 
英 [sneɪl]
- n.【动】蜗牛；指慢吞吞的人或拖拉的事
- 网络田螺；小蜗牛；蜗牛图片
词形变化
复数：snails
英汉双解
1. | 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. |
习惯用语
at a snails pace
英汉解释
英英解释
例句
You can see it coming in, and an incredible flash of light, and all this cavitation spreading over the surface of the snail.
你可以看到它产生，伴随一道不可思议的闪光，气穴的传播越过了蜗牛的表面。
From human placenta and snail secretion to bird poo, people were ready to put anything and everything on their faces in the name of beauty.
从人的胎盘和蜗牛分泌物到鸟屎，寻求美丽，人们随时好将任何东西涂在脸上。
The snail crept half out of his shell, stretched out his horns, and drew them in again.
蜗牛爬出了半个壳，伸出触角，又缩了回去。
One day, they found a little snail crying on the back of a butterbur leaf.
有天，他们发现有只小蜗牛在一片款冬叶子后哭。
Now the Master Snail said, "Did you see that I calmly sat here, sipping tea while you were running here and there like that? "
然后师父说：「你们那样跑来跑去时，有没有看见我平静地坐在这里喝茶？」
The snail's eye, a more sophisticated version of that of the nautilus mollusk, works rather like the aperture of a pinhole camera.
是一种比鹦鹉螺类软体动物更复杂的眼睛，工作原理像是针孔相机。
Aptly called a sea angel, this translucent creature is a snail whose foot has been modified into a pair of swimming wings.
人们形象地称这种透明生物为海天使。它是一种蜗牛，脚部已经进化成为一对游泳用的翅膀。
The light creates the illusion that the snail is bigger than it really is, giving it a glowing presence for warding off predators.
它的光芒能产生使海蜗牛看起来比实际大的假象，这种光芒使其呈现鲜艳的外表来吓退掠食者。
The little snail thought that had he had the long legs as the rabbit, he would be able to jump to the top of the other dune easily.
小蜗牛在想，如果真的有兔子那样的长腿，恐怕一跃就可以到另一个沙丘顶上了。
It seems to the snail that this time of sending the message is like spending his whole life.
这一次送信对蜗牛来说，真像是一整段人生。
To this day Mr. Snail is crawling with his head down looking for his eyes.
直到今天，蜗牛都低着头匍匐前行，他们在地上找眼睛呢。
"I take my time, " said the snail. "You're always in such a hurry. That does not excite expectation. "
蜗牛说：“我不着急。你总是这么激动。这事急不得。”
The little snail tried to move to the door of the shell to have a look, but soon he was hurt by the sands.
小蜗牛试着尝试爬到洞口张望一下，立刻就被吹来的沙子割伤了身体。
Feel fortunate that you do not need to wait for a number of days any longer for the mail to turn up via snail mail.
现在再也不需要等上数天来收邮递员送来的信件，这真的是件好事。
Perhaps the Snail Girl was just a tale, but the young man Huangbaishan was a real person.
田螺姑娘兴许是传说，但黄百三郎可是确有其人。
Lamps were already beginning to shine out, with passenger cars all about and the train moving at a snail's pace.
灯火已经亮了起来，到处都有客车，火车在慢慢地行动。
"What have I given? The world is nothing to me. I have enough to do with myself! " The snail goes back to his house.
“我给过什么？这个世界和我没有关系。我自己有足够多的事要做！”蜗牛说着便钻回他的窝里。
Trams were still the main means of transportation in the city. They were old and rickety things, rattling leisurely along at a snail's pace.
有轨电车仍然是该城市的主要交通工具。他们是些摇摇晃晃，哐啷哐啷，慢慢腾腾的老家伙。
Compared with that of other countries, the scope and order of China's succession law is snail and few.
与世界各主要法系国家相比，我国法定继承人范围和顺序偏窄、偏少。
At this point, anger Chong Chong's wife came out, he quickly looked back snail: 'refueling ah!
此时，怒气冲冲的老婆出来了，他赶快回头望着蜗牛道：‘加油啊！
The snail dawdled along the sandy path.
蜗牛在沙径上缓慢爬行。
The dam would also destroy the snail darter's habitat
这座大坝也会毁坏食蜗镖鲈的生存环境。
If I push my way through the hard soil above me I may hurt my young sprouts. . . what if I let my buds open and a snail wants to eat them?
如果我努力完成我的方法在我上面的难土壤，我可能伤害我的年轻芽…什么如果我让我的芽打开，而且一个蜗牛想要吃他们？
Objective To observe effect of snail control in snail habitat covered with or without the black plastic mulch after half a year.
目的观察黑色塑料地膜覆盖半年与未覆盖喷洒氯硝柳胺灭螺效果比较。
All accounts should be able to be verified following an independent procedure (like using snail mail or SMS).
所有账户应能独立核实以下程序（如使用蜗牛邮件或短信）。
This little beautiful looking Marbled Cone snail can be as deadly as any other animal on this list.
这只有着漂亮大理石外壳的锥形蜗牛，像这里提到的动物一样，也是致命的。
His eyes streamed, his nose ran and he clung to me like a snail on a strawberry.
他泪流满面，鼻子抽搭着，紧紧抓住我，就像蜗牛附着在草莓上一样。
The snail darter is a small fish , three inches long , swift and pretty in the water but totally uninteresting out of it .
食蜗镖鲈是一种小鱼，三英寸长，在水中行动敏捷，很好看，但一出水就一点儿也引不起人们的兴趣了。
Looking for work is a time-consuming process that can move -- or at least feel like it's moving -- at a snail's pace.
找工作是一个耗时的过程--至少让人感觉上是慢如蜗牛爬行。
Has gotten me to the point, I'm like a snail I've got .
他为做到这一点，我有时象个蜗牛。
And a few smashes later, the snail is broken open, and he's got a good dinner.
数次重击后这只蜗牛壳破了，现在他可以美餐一顿了。
He ticked off tuberculosis, HIV and AIDS, malaria, cholera and a parasitic infection known as 'snail fever. '
他列举了肺结核、艾滋病、疟疾、霍乱和血吸虫病。
Communications that show up in your voice mail, or by email, courier, express mail, or snail mail should be welcome, too.
通过语音邮件，电子邮件，信差，快递或普通邮件传递给你的信息都是受欢迎的（好的消息吧）。
" Not forever! " the little snail said firmly "Wait, nothing will be forever like this! " then he started with leaves.
“不会永远！”小蜗牛坚定的说：“你等着，什么也不会永远这样！”他拿起叶子出发了。
Break eye contact slooooooooowly, as if your eyes just slowed down to a snail's pace.
要慢慢慢慢慢慢慢慢地移开目光接触，就好象你的眼睛刚刚减速为蜗牛的步伐。
A few days later, the little young snail ate delicious food and recovered slowly.
几天过后，小蜗牛吃着可口的食物，身体慢慢复原了。
But for her the race of the world would have trampled him underfoot, a squashed boneless snail.
要不是有她，他早就被你争我夺的社会踩在脚下变成一摊稀烂的蜗牛泥了。
The little snail found a pool to drink enough water.
小蜗牛找了个水塘，喝了个饱。
Some species of snail have shells that spiral out in an anticlockwise direction, but it is much rarer.
有些种类的蜗牛有着从里到外逆时针的螺壳，不过这少见的多。
It's tempting to feed all your chocolate to Stinky the Snail. He's such a chocolate hog. But remember: Zen Garden plants like chocolate too!
确实可以把所有的巧克力都喂给臭臭蜗牛——它真是个贪吃鬼。但是你也要记住：禅苑里面的植物也是喜欢巧克力的哦！
But if you want to do snail mail then I assume it would be best you reply with your address.
但如果你要正常的邮寄，那么你最好回发你的地址。
And all coyotes have brown eyes instead of blue; this is because Mr. Coyote was naughty when he took Mr. Snail's eyes.
而狼因为戏弄了蜗牛并拿走了蜗牛的眼睛，所以到了现在，狼的眼睛都从蓝色变成了褐色。
