snail
n
1 type of small soft slow-moving animal, usu with a hard spiral shell 蜗牛
Snails have been eating our lettuces. 蜗牛一直在吃我们的莴苣.
The snail retreated into its shell. 蜗牛缩进壳里去了.
2 (idm 习语) at a `snail's pace very slowly 极慢的
The old woman crossed the road at a snail's pace. 那个老太太横过马路时走得慢极了.
snapvt.& vi. 猛地咬住;呵斥;折断;
vt. 拍照;用子母扣扣;[棒球]快速传(球);拍…的快照;
n. (树枝等的)突然折断;严厉的话;突然的撕咬;尤指关上或断裂的声音)啪嗒声;
vi. 啪啪作响;(目光)闪耀;(牙齿等)咯咯作响;(精神)突然崩溃;
adj. 容易的;喀嗒一声扣下的;仓促的;
adv. 噼啪作响地;啪嗒一声;猛然;
When the ship finally arrived in a port, the wooden cover was opened wide and Kunta could see in daylight for the first time across the part of the ship where he had been chained.
当船终于到达一个港口时,木盖打开了,孔塔这才第一次在日光下扫视了他被拴在那儿的那一部分船舱。
Light the fire not so near the entrance that the wind will blow the fire out, and not so far in that the smoke will fill the cave, said my brother.