snail
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++snail /sneɪl/ ●○○ noun [countable] 1. 
HBAa small soft creature that moves very slowly and has a hard shell on its back 蜗牛2 at a snail’s pace SLOWextremely slowly 以蜗牛的速度，极慢地，慢吞吞地 Traffic was moving at a snail’s pace. 车辆移动的速度慢得像蜗牛。
HBAa small soft creature that moves very slowly and has a hard shell on its back 蜗牛2 at a snail’s pace SLOWextremely slowly 以蜗牛的速度，极慢地，慢吞吞地 Traffic was moving at a snail’s pace. 车辆移动的速度慢得像蜗牛。Examples from the Corpus
snail• Making a shell is costly for a snail.• If insects, worms and snails could scream, would you still light that bonfire?• At different points along a trail the child sees snails-different snails each time.• Some of these, such as most small snails and limpets, are quite harmless.• Unfortunately, the snail spread across the island and caused widespread destruction to crops.• The snails had vanished, but now some one seemingly had traced a picture of a butterfly in the dirt.Origin snail Old English snæglsnail nounChinese
slowly creature very a and a moves Corpus small soft that has
snail
snail /sneɪl/
noun [countable]
1. a small soft creature that moves very slowly and has a hard shell on its back
2. at a snail’s pace extremely slowly:
Traffic was moving at a snail’s pace.
snail /sneɪl/
noun [countable] Language: Old English
Origin: snægl
Origin: snægl
1. a small soft creature that moves very slowly and has a hard shell on its back
2. at a snail’s pace extremely slowly:
