Snail
[sneɪl] or [snel]
解释:
(noun.) freshwater or marine or terrestrial gastropod mollusk usually having an external enclosing spiral shell.
(verb.) gather snails; 'We went snailing in the summer'.
黛比手打--From WordNet
解释:
(n.) Any one of numerous species of terrestrial air-breathing gastropods belonging to the genus Helix and many allied genera of the family Helicidae. They are abundant in nearly all parts of the world except the arctic regions, and feed almost entirely on vegetation; a land snail.
(n.) Any gastropod having a general resemblance to the true snails, including fresh-water and marine species. See Pond snail, under Pond, and Sea snail.
(n.) Hence, a drone; a slow-moving person or thing.
(n.) A spiral cam, or a flat piece of metal of spirally curved outline, used for giving motion to, or changing the position of, another part, as the hammer tail of a striking clock.
(n.) A tortoise; in ancient warfare, a movable roof or shed to protect besiegers; a testudo.
(n.) The pod of the sanil clover.
巴贝奇录入
同义词及近义词：
n. [1]. Slug.[2]. Drone, idler, sluggard, slow-back.
录入:默多克
解释:
n. a term for the species of terrestrial Gasteropoda which have well-formed spiral shells—the more typical snails belonging to the genus Helix of the family Helicid having the shell of many whorls globose depressed or conical.—ns. Snail′-clov′er -trē′foil a species of medic; Snail′-fish a fish of genus Liparis sticking to rocks; Snail′-flow′er a twining bean.—adjs. Snail′-like (Shak.) in the manner of a snail slowly; Snail′-paced (Shak.) as slow-moving as a snail; Snail′-slow as slow as a snail.—n. Snail′-wheel in some striking time-pieces a rotating piece with a spiral periphery having notches so arranged as to determine the number of strokes made on the bell.—Snail's pace a very slow pace.
阿奇校对
娱乐性解释：
Snails crawling in your dream, signifies that unhealthful conditions surround you. To step on them, denotes that you will come in contact with disagreeable people.
哈蒂编辑
例句:
- His hat presents at the rims a peculiar appearance of a glistening nature, as if it had been a favourite snail-promenade. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
- I likewise broke my right shin against the shell of a snail, which I happened to stumble over, as I was walking alone and thinking on poor England. 乔纳森·斯威夫特. 格列佛游记.
- But do me one cast of thy holy office, and, come what list of others, thou shalt sleep as safe in thy cell as a snail within his shell of proof. 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
- Only we need not walk at a snail's' pace. 伊丽莎白·盖斯凯尔. 南方与北方.
- My life creeps like a snail. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
- For a matter of five minutes I waited and then he came in sight on his slow and snail-like beat about the structure. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星战神.
- The revolver I had dropped, so that while we were both strong swimmers it seemed to me that we moved at a snail's pace through the water. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星战神.
- The green damp hung upon the low walls; the tracks of the snail and slug glistened in the light of the candle; but all was still as death. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 雾都孤儿.
- The one-legged man in the little signal-hut by the road stared out from his security, like a crab from a snail-shell. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
- To execute his message the snail is as sure a messenger as the falcon. 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
- She thought of the wood, and stole towards it, heedless of long grass and briers: of worms, snails, and slugs, and all the creeping things that be. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 艰难时事.
- He had newts, snails, and frogs--the two latter delicacies are still highly esteemed in Normandy and Brittany. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
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