| 释义 |
dew-snail Obs. exc. dial.|ˈdjuːsneɪl|
[f. dew n. + snail.]
A slug. (So called from appearing while the dew is on the herbage.)
1548Thomas Ital. Gram., Lumaca, the dewe snayle that hath no house. 1611Cotgr., Limace, (properly) the dew Snaile, or Snaile without a shell. 1699Roberts Voy. Levant 15 All the sustenance we had there was three Dew snails, and some Roots. 1725Bradley Fam. Dict. s.v. Diseases of Trees, Those Animals call'd Earwigs and Dew-snails, eat the finest Fruits on the Trees. 1783Ainsworth Lat. Dict. (Morell) ii, Līmax, A snail, a dew-snail, or slug. 1880W. Cornwall Gloss. s.v., As slippery as a dew-snail. 1888Elworthy W. Somerset Word-bk., Dew-snail, the large black slug. |