snail

英 [sneɪl]

美 [sneɪl]

n. 蜗牛

复数：snails　

Collins.1 / BNC.8765 / COCA.10183

习惯用语

at a snail's pace

noun

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.

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。

noun

freshwater or marine or terrestrial gastropod mollusk usually having an external enclosing spiral shell
edible terrestrial snail usually served in the shell with a sauce of melted butter and garlic
Synonym:escargot

verb

There he comes, in a snail's trot.
他终于来了，以蜗牛般的快步走。
Good-bye, old snail Bay! Good-bye, old friend!
再见了，老螺蛳湾！再见，老朋友！
Like all of Snail Bait's actions, button detonation is a behavior.
和所有SnailBait动作一样，按钮引爆也是一种行为。
Figure 1 shows Snail Bait's runner exploding after colliding with the bee in the upper left corner.
图1显示了SnailBait的跑步小人与左上角的蜜蜂碰撞后发生爆炸。
Recall Listing 8, which lists Snail Bait's game loop.
回忆一下清单8，它列出了SnailBait的游戏循环。
I can only move very slowly because I am only a snail.
我只能慢吞吞地移动，因为我只是一只蜗牛。
She crumbled an empty snail shell in her fingers.
她用手指捏碎了一个空蜗牛壳。
Can you snail mail it to me?
你可以用邮寄的方式寄给我吗？
There was once a snail who was sick and tired of his reputation for being so slow.
曾经有只蜗牛，它对自己动作慢的名声感到了厌恶和疲倦。
In this installment, learn how Snail Bait implements collision detection and explosions.
在这一期的文章中，将学习SnailBait如何实现碰撞检测和爆炸。