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

• Land snails including the common edible snail and some pests.
  蜗牛包括普通食用蜗牛和一些有害蜗牛。
• 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。
• Other harvested shellfish include clams ( Anadara sp.), oysters ( Crassostrea tulipa), mussels and snails.
  其它捕获的贝类包括蛤（Anadarasp.）、牡蛎（Crassostreatulipa）、贻贝和蜗牛。
• These snails do not occur on low-lying coral islands or atolls.
  在地势低平的珊瑚岛或环礁上没有这种螺。
• I have always believed that the snails will be successful.
  我就一直相信，蜗牛会成功的。
• Humans become infected when they enter fresh water where the snails live.
  当人们接触了蜗牛生活的淡水时，便被感染。
• 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。
• The disease is caused by parasitic worms called schistosoma that grow in some freshwater snails.
  该病是由一些淡水蜗牛中寄生的血吸虫属寄生虫引起的。
• Limpets, snails and octopuses are mollusks.
  帽贝、蜗牛和章鱼都是软体动物。
• When plants are ruined, snails and slugs are the chief suspects.
  植物被毁，最有可能是蜗牛和鼻涕虫造成的。