1N-COUNT 蜗牛 A snail is a small animal with a long, soft body, no legs, and a spiral-shaped shell. Snails move very slowly. 蜗牛
2PHRASE 慢吞吞地;缓慢地 If you say that someone does something at a snail's pace, you are emphasizing that they are doing it very slowly, usually when you think it would be better if they did it much more quickly. 慢吞吞地;缓慢地 [emphasis]
The train was moving now at a snail's pace.
火车这会儿走得跟蜗牛一样慢。
The economy grew at a snail's pace in the first three months of this year.
ADJECTIVE | SNAIL + NOUN | PHRASESADJECTIVE➤edible食用蝸牛▸➤aquatic, land, marine, pond, sea, water螺;蝸牛;海螺;塘螺SNAIL + NOUN➤shell蝸牛殼PHRASES➤slugs and snails (especially BrE) 蛞蝓和蝸牛◇the war with the slugs and snails in my garden我與園子裏的蛞蝓、蝸牛展開的戰鬥➤(at) a snail's pace(以)極慢的速度◇Traffic had slowed to a snail's pace.車流速度減慢,像蝸牛在爬。