snail

[US]/sneɪl/
[UK]/sneɪl/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. a slow-moving creature with a spiral shell; a slow or sluggish person

vi. to move slowly

vt. to move slowly

Phrases & Collocations

snail mail

Example Sentences

he drove at a snail's pace.

Snails and octopuses are molluscs.

The snail left a trail of slime along the floor.

the slow passage of a snail across the verandah

at the age of fifteen weeks the snails are ready for the pot.

The train snailed up the steep grade.

My grandmother drove the car at a snail’s pace.

4.The train snailed up the steep grade.

Limpets, snails and octopuses are mollusks.

Time moved at a snail's pace before the holidays.

Most snails have shells on their backs.

Snail is a small plant-eating creature with a soft body.

I’d love to hear from you, either by email or snail mail.

I think I’ll try the snails for lunch—I’m feeling adventurous today.

The oidium and the snails (which eat the young shoots) had shown up very early, in April, and were generally dealt with effectively right then.

The aquatic could enrich the radioactive 89Sr. The maximum concentration factor was 94. 7 for snail, 36. 7 for fish and only 12-6 for honewort.

They are snails in garlic butter, guinea hen under glass with wild rice, braised endive, heart of palm salad, and croquembouche.

As sediment particles in suspension,snails(oncomelania hupensis)are transported in riversand canals,however,their transportaiton mechanism is a complex process of mechanics.

Food Matching: Aperitif –frogs's legs, snail, little frying, quenelle, kebab of scallop, smoked trout, turkey escalope coaked with breadcrumbs

3. They are snails in garlic butter, guinea hen under glass with wild rice, braised endive, heart of palm salad, and croquembouche.

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