• n. 蝸牛；遲鈍的人
• vi. 緩慢移動
• vt. 緩慢移動

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.

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.

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》