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单词 snail
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
snail /sneɪl/USA pronunciation   n. [countable]
  1. Invertebratesa soft-bodied, slow-moving animal that lives in a spiral-shaped shell.
  2. a slow or lazy person.
Idioms
  1. at a snail's pace, very slowly:Work was proceeding at a snail's pace.


WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
snail  (snāl),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Invertebratesany mollusk of the class Gastropoda, having a spirally coiled shell and a ventral muscular foot on which it slowly glides about.
  2. a slow or lazy person;
    sluggard.
  3. Timea cam having the form of a spiral.
  4. Dialect Terms[Midwestern and Western U.S.]a sweet roll in spiral form, esp. a cinnamon roll or piece of Danish pastry.
  • bef. 900; Middle English snail, snayl(e), Old English snegel; cognate with Low German snagel, German (dialect, dialectal) Schnegel
snaillike′, adj. 

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
snail /sneɪl/ n
  1. any of numerous terrestrial or freshwater gastropod molluscs with a spirally coiled shell, esp any of the family Helicidae, such as Helix aspersa (garden snail)
  2. any other gastropod with a spirally coiled shell, such as a whelk
  3. a slow-moving or lazy person or animal
Etymology: Old English snægl; related to Old Norse snigill, Old High German snecko

ˈsnail-ˌlike adj
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