A snail is a small animal with a long, soft body, no legs, and a spiral-shaped shell. Snails move very slowly.
PHRASE
慢吞吞地;緩慢地
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.
例句
The train was moving now at a snail's pace...火車這會兒走得跟蝸牛一樣慢。The economy grew at a snail's pace in the first three months of this year.今年第一季度經濟增速緩慢。
英漢詞典釋義
n.
蝸牛
Most snails have shells on their backs.大多數蝸牛背上有殼。
英英詞典釋義
Noun
1. freshwater or marine or terrestrial gastropod mollusk usually having an external enclosing spiral shell
2. edible terrestrial snail usually served in the shell with a sauce of melted butter and garlic