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snail

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n.蜗牛,迟钝的人 v.捉蜗牛,缓慢移动
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snail为中学词汇

snail


/sneɪl; snel/
n
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.
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.

snail


n[C]

[Language: Old English;Origin: snAgl]
a small soft creature that moves very slowly and has a hard shell on its back
at a snail's pace
extremely slowly
 Traffic was moving at a snail's pace.
1. No creature has received more praise and abuse than the common garden snail.
    没有一种生物所受到的赞美和厌恶会超过花园里常见的蜗牛了。

2. She crumbled an empty snail shell in her fingers.
    她用手指捏碎了一个空蜗牛壳。

3. I have never been able to look at a snail since then.
    从那以后,我再也不能看一眼蜗牛了。

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