音标:[sneil] ; 柯林斯词典等级:1 级;
n. 蜗牛, 行动迟缓的人, 脑筋迟钝的人, 蜗形凸轮
vt. (蜗牛般)缓慢地打发(时间)
vi. 缓慢移动
n. freshwater or marine or terrestrial gastropod mollusk usually having an external enclosing spiral shell
v. gather snails
词型变化:名词复数形式 : snails
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snail的用法和样例:

例句

用作名词(n.)
  1. She crumbled an empty snail shell in her fingers.她用手指捏碎了一个空蜗牛壳。
  2. The shell of a snail is its skeleton.蜗牛的壳是它的骨骼。

常见句型

用作名词(n.)
  1. Most snails have shells on their backs.大多数蜗牛背上有壳。

词汇搭配

  • snail mail蜗牛邮件(通过人工邮...
  • snail fever血吸虫病
  • pond snail椎实螺
  • snail carp青鱼
  • snail shell蜗牛壳
  • snail wheel蜗形轮
  • snail countersink螺旋锥口钻
  • snail gland螺状腺
  • snail clover杂集
  • super snail特慢
  • field snail田螺
  • snail-paced慢得像蜗牛的...
  • at a snail's pace极慢地

经典引文

  • We'll have to wait for Edith. She's such a snail.

    出自:Dialect Notes
  • We snailed on westward at our leisurely gait.

    出自:A. Adams
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