snail
英[sne?l]
美[snel]
- n. 蝸牛；遲鈍的人
- vi. 緩慢移動
- vt. 緩慢移動
詞態變化
復數:?snails;
助記提示
1. snake => snail.
中文詞源
snail 蝸牛
來自古英語 snaegl,蝸牛，來自 Proto-Germanic*snagila,蝸牛，來自 PIE*sneg,爬，蜷縮，詞源 同 snake,sneak.拼寫比較 rail,regulate.
英文詞源
- snail
- snail: [OE] Snail, like German dialect schn?gel, Swedish snigel, and Danish snegl, comes from a prehistoric Germanic base *snag-, *sneg- ‘crawl’, which also produced German schnecke ‘snail’ and English snake. Lithuanian snāke ‘snail’ is a distant relative.
=> snake - snail (n.)
- Old English sn?gl, from Proto-Germanic *snagila (cognates: Old Saxon snegil, Old Norse snigill, Danish snegl, Swedish snigel, Middle High German snegel, dialectal German Schnegel, Old High German snecko, German Schnecke "snail"), from *snog-, variant of PIE root *sneg- "to crawl, creep; creeping thing" (see snake (n.)). The word essentially is a diminutive form of Old English snaca "snake," which literally means "creeping thing." Also formerly used of slugs. Symbolic of slowness since at least c. 1000; snail's pace is attested from c. 1400.
雙語例句
- 1. The train was moving now at a snail's pace.
- 火車這會兒走得跟蝸牛一樣慢。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. The snail left a trail of slime along the floor.
- 蝸牛在地板上留下一道黏液.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 3. I confess it with shame -- shrunk icily into myself, like a snail.
- 我羞愧地懺悔了 —— 冷冰冰地退縮, 像個蝸牛.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 4. Time moved at a snail's pace before the holidays.
- 放假前的時間過得很慢.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 5. Snail is a small plant - eating creature with a soft body.
- 蝸牛是一種軟體草食動物.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》