snail n. 1.【動(dòng)物;動(dòng)物學(xué)】蝸牛。 2.動(dòng)作緩慢的人[動(dòng)物],懶人。 3.【機(jī)械工程】渦形輪。 4.〔美國(guó)〕肉桂面包卷。 snails and slugs 【動(dòng)物;動(dòng)物學(xué)】腹足類。 at a snail's pace [gallop] 慢條斯理地,非常慢地。
These days it covers such obscure life-forms as the stock island tree snail, the banbury springs limpet and the triple-ribbed milk-vetch, along with 1, 348 other animals and plants 如今它卻包括了許多偏癖少見(jiàn)的生命形式,諸如斯達(dá)克島樹蝸牛、班伯里溫泉帽貝,三肋奶巢菜以及其他1348種動(dòng)植物。