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snail n.蜗牛 (1) 她用手指捏碎了一个空蜗牛壳。(2) 蜗牛的壳是它的骨骼。

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英 [sneɪl] 美 [sneɪl] (1) She crumbled an empty snail shell in her fingers.(2) The shell of a snail is its skeleton. 1[N-COUNT 可数名词]蜗牛 A snail is a small animal with a long, soft body, no legs, and a spiral-shaped shell. Snails move very slowly. 2[PHRASE 短语]慢吞吞地；缓慢地 If you say that someone does something at 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.   [PHR after v]  [emphasis]The train was moving now at a snail's pace...火车这会儿走得跟蜗牛一样慢。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。

英语单词	snail
英美音标	英 [sneɪl] 美 [sneɪl]
中文释义	n.蜗牛
英语例句	(1) She crumbled an empty snail shell in her fingers. (2) The shell of a snail is its skeleton.
中文例句	(1) 她用手指捏碎了一个空蜗牛壳。 (2) 蜗牛的壳是它的骨骼。
柯林斯解释	1 [N-COUNT 可数名词]蜗牛 A snail is a small animal with a long, soft body, no legs, and a spiral-shaped shell. Snails move very slowly. 2 [PHRASE 短语]慢吞吞地；缓慢地 If you say that someone does something at 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. [PHR after v] [emphasis] The train was moving now at a snail's pace... 火车这会儿走得跟蜗牛一样慢。 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。

Snail Shell Pace S 英 Sneɪl] 美 Sneɪl N.蜗牛