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

• I warmed a couple of snails, and your eggs are in the frying pan.
  我热的两个面包卷。你的鸡蛋在平煎锅里。
• Then, if worm eggs in human waste enter fresh water, more snails and people become infected.
  当血吸虫卵随着人体的排泄物到了水中，那么更多的蜗牛和人就被感染。
• Many animals are illegal to own as pets, including snails, sloths, and elephants.
  许多动物包括蜗牛、树懒和象被养做宠物是违法。
• Elizabeth had been collecting snails for a school project
  伊丽莎白一直在为完成学校的一份课题作业收集蜗牛。
• 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。
• Limpets, snails and octopuses are mollusks.
  帽贝、蜗牛和章鱼都是软体动物。
• Snails and octopuses are molluscs.
  蜗牛和章鱼是软体动物。
• Slugs and snails feed at night.
  蛞蝓和蜗牛夜间进食。
• Schistosomiasis, a parasitic disease transmitted by aquatic snails, also seems to be affected by climate.
  由水生螺传播的一种称为血吸虫病的寄生虫病似乎也会受到气候的影响。
• 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。