snail

英 [sneɪl] 美[snel]

英英释义考试真题实用场景例句

n. 蜗牛；迟钝的人
vi. 缓慢移动
vt. 缓慢移动

CET6+TEM4CET6低频词常用词汇壳类动物

中文词源

snail 蜗牛

来自古英语 snaegl,蜗牛，来自 Proto-Germanic*snagila,蜗牛，来自 PIE*sneg,爬，蜷缩，词源同 snake,sneak.拼写比较 rail,regulate.

词态变化

复数: snails;

助记提示

1. snake => snail.

英文词源

snail: snail: [OE] Snail, like German dialect schnägel, Swedish snigel, and Danish snegl, comes from a prehistoric Germanic base *snag-, *sneg- ‘crawl’, which also produced German schnecke ‘snail’ and English snake. Lithuanian snāke ‘snail’ is a distant relative.
=> snake
snail (n.): Old English snægl, from Proto-Germanic *snagila (cognates: Old Saxon snegil, Old Norse snigill, Danish snegl, Swedish snigel, Middle High German snegel, dialectal German Schnegel, Old High German snecko, German Schnecke "snail"), from *snog-, variant of PIE root *sneg- "to crawl, creep; creeping thing" (see snake (n.)). The word essentially is a diminutive form of Old English snaca "snake," which literally means "creeping thing." Also formerly used of slugs. Symbolic of slowness since at least c. 1000; snail's pace is attested from c. 1400.

双语例句

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 snail left a trail of slime along the floor.: 蜗牛在地板上留下一道黏液.

3. I confess it with shame -- shrunk icily into myself, like a snail.: 我羞愧地忏悔了 —— 冷冰冰地退缩, 像个蜗牛.

4. Time moved at a snail's pace before the holidays.: 放假前的时间过得很慢.

5. Snail is a small plant - eating creature with a soft body.: 蜗牛是一种软体草食动物.

英英释意

1. freshwater or marine or terrestrial gastropod mollusk usually having an external enclosing spiral shell

2. edible terrestrial snail usually served in the shell with a sauce of melted butter and garlic

考试真题

"The project has two sides," says Xavier Serrat, Neurice project manager and researcher at the University of Barcelona,"the short-term fight against the snail, and a mid- to long-term fight against climate change.

At the same time, this sea-water also kills off the greedy giant apple snail, an introduced pest that feeds on young rice plants.

But the snail continues its march to new territory, says Serrat.

But the snail has given the project greater urgency.

The Ebro Delta, in Spain, famous as a battleground during the Spanish civil War, is now the setting for a different contest, one that is pitting rice farmers against two enemies: the rice-eating giant apple snail, and rising sea levels.

实用场景例句

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。

The snail left a trail of slime along the floor.: 蜗牛在地板上留下一道黏液.

That janitor is a snail who never get thing do.: 那个照管房屋的人动作慢吞吞的,什麽事也做不成.

Put the snail box in a cool place.: 把养乌龟的的盒子放在凉爽的地方.

Note: Do not save snail shells are fragile.: 注意: 烘烤时将蜗牛壳剔除,以免烘烤时裂掉.

I have enough to do with myself! The snail goes back to his house.: 我自己有足够多的事要做! 蜗牛说着便钻回他的窝里.

The snail has rotted away in its shell.: 这只蜗牛已经在壳里腐烂完了.

Secondly, clinical examination is carried out mainly on retrospective observation with snail number of samples.: 其次, 临床研究大多是小样本,回顾性的近期观察.

But a park care, this snail will be prosperous life, more than happy!: 不过有小斌的照顾, 这只蜗牛肯定会生活富足, 快乐有余!

The success of Snail House says something important about the popular mood in China today.: 《蜗居》的成功折射出当前中国民意的一个重要特征.

The snail draws in its feelers.: 这只蜗牛将触角缩了回去.

But for her the race of the world would have trampled him underfoot, a boneless snail.: 要不是有她,他早就被你争我夺的社会踩在脚下变成一摊稀烂的蜗牛泥了.

The snail retreated into its shell.: 蜗牛缩进壳里去了.

Do you remember me? said the snail.: “你还记得我吗 ?”蜗牛说.

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普通花园里的蜗牛了.

Moon snail is one of the relatives of whelk living in the shallow Yellow sea.: 月亮蜗牛是一种生活在黄海浅海的海螺.

Beef and snail sounded like a strange mixture, but also turned out to be delicious.: 牛肉和蜗牛的搭配听起来很奇怪的组合, 但是组合成的菜式却非常美味.

Even though it is now called snail mail, regular mail is anything but slow.: 虽然它现在被叫做蜗牛信, 但普通信件一点也不慢.

The snail shot out its horns.: 那只蜗牛伸出它的触角.

When the larvae hatch, they find a snail and begin the cycle again.: 幼虫孵化出来之后便找寻螺类,再度展开下一个生命循环.

Jail life made the frail retailer avail every snail in the pail.: 监狱生命使脆弱的零售商在桶里有益于每只蜗牛.

Big wool bate, one foot kicked snail go out.: 大毛大怒, 一脚把蜗牛踢了出去.

A new year Began; the roses made their appearance , and the snail made his too.: 接着又开始了新的一年, 玫瑰又吐芽抽枝, 蜗牛也爬了出来.

Opportunity comes like a snail.: 机遇的光临就像蜗牛一样缓慢.

With this the snail withdrew into his house and blocked up the entrance.: 于是蜗牛就缩回到自己的屋子里,带上了门.

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