snail

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n. 蜗牛, 行动迟缓的人, 脑筋迟钝的人, 蜗形凸轮 vt. (蜗牛般)缓慢地打发(时间) vi. 缓慢移动

发音

US /sneɪl/

词形变化

snails 复数 snails snailed snailing snails 三单 snailing 现在分词 snailed 过去式 snailed 过去分词

释义与例句

n. C1
  1. 1.

    Any of very many animals (either hermaphroditic or nonhermaphroditic), of the class Gastropoda, having a coiled shell.

    蜗牛

    牛母牛囝

    露螺

  2. 2.

    A slow person; a sluggard.

    非正式 引申义
  3. 3.

    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.

    工程
  4. 4.

    A tortoise or testudo; a movable roof or shed to protect besiegers.

    历史 政治 军事
  5. 5.

    The pod of the snail clover.

  6. 6.

    A locomotive with a prime mover but no traction motors, used to provide extra electrical power to another locomotive.

    交通
v.
  1. 1.

    To move or travel very slowly.

    The cars were snailing along the motorway during the rush hour.

词汇关系

名词

同义词 1

escargot

上位词 3

meat gastropod univalve

下位词 3

edible snail garden snail scorpion shell

整体词 1

edible snail
动词

上位词 4

collect gather garner pull together

相关短语

snail mail [计] 蜗牛邮件 snail pace snail fever 血吸虫病 snail darter 蜗牛镖；螺镖鲈 snail darters snail king snail kings snail kite snail kites snail paces snail butter [网络] 蜗牛牛油汁 snail clover snail trefoil snail clovers snail trefoils

词源

From Middle English snayl, snail, from the Old English sneġel, from Proto-Germanic *snagilaz. Cognate with Low German Snagel, Snâel, Snâl (“snail”), German Schnegel (“slug”). Compare also Old Norse snigill, from Proto-Germanic *snigilaz.

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