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基本释义
  • n. 蜗牛,行动迟缓的人,脑筋迟钝的人
常用短语
    1. edible snail
      食用蜗牛
    2. snail mail
      由邮递员分发传递的传统信件,指其速度慢(像蜗牛似的)
参考例句
    1. A snail shrinks back at a touch.
      蜗牛一碰就缩回去了。
    2. The snail drew in its feelers.
      蜗牛把触角缩了回去。
    3. A snail extrudes its horns.
      一只蜗牛伸出它的触角。
    4. The snail is pushing out its horns.
      蜗牛正在伸出它的触角。
    5. The shell of a snail is its skeleton.
      蜗牛的壳是它的骨骼。
英英解释
  •  2个名词解释

    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
      [同] escargot, snail

     1个动词解释

    1. gather snails
      [例]
      • We went snailing in the summer