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snail 音標拼音: [sn'el] n. 蝸牛,行動遲緩的人,腦筋遲鈍的人 蝸牛,行動遲緩的人,腦筋遲鈍的人 snail n 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 [ synonym: { escargot}, { snail}] v 1: gather snails; " We went snailing in the summer" Snail \ Snail\ ( sn[= a] l), n. [ OE. snaile, AS. sn[ ae] gel, snegel, sn[ ae] gl; akin to G. schnecke, OHG. snecko, Dan. snegl, Icel. snigill.] 1. ( Zool.) ( a) Any one of numerous species of terrestrial air- breathing gastropods belonging to the genus Helix and many allied genera of the family { Helicidae}. They are abundant in nearly all parts of the world except the arctic regions, and feed almost entirely on vegetation; a land snail. ( b) Any gastropod having a general resemblance to the true snails, including fresh- water and marine species. See { Pond snail}, under { Pond}, and { Sea snail}. [ 1913 Webster] 2. Hence, a drone; a slow- moving person or thing. [ 1913 Webster] 3. ( Mech.) A spiral cam, or a flat piece of metal of spirally curved outline, used for giving motion to, or changing the position of, another part, as the hammer tail of a striking clock. [ 1913 Webster] 4. A tortoise; in ancient warfare, a movable roof or shed to protect besiegers; a testudo. [ Obs.] [ 1913 Webster] They had also all manner of gynes [ engines] . . . that needful is [ in] taking or sieging of castle or of city, as snails, that was naught else but hollow pavises and targets, under the which men, when they fought, were heled [ protected], . . . as the snail is in his house; therefore they cleped them snails. -- Vegetius ( Trans.). [ 1913 Webster] 5. ( Bot.) The pod of the sanil clover. [ 1913 Webster] { Ear snail}, { Edible snail}, { Pond snail}, etc. See under { Ear}, { Edible}, etc. { Snail borer} ( Zool.), a boring univalve mollusk; a drill. { Snail clover} ( Bot.), a cloverlike plant ({ Medicago scuttellata}, also, { Medicago Helix}); -- so named from its pods, which resemble the shells of snails; -- called also { snail trefoil}, { snail medic}, and { beehive}. { Snail flower} ( Bot.), a leguminous plant ({ Phaseolus Caracalla}) having the keel of the carolla spirally coiled like a snail shell. { Snail shell} ( Zool.), the shell of snail. { Snail trefoil}. ( Bot.) See { Snail clover}, above. [ 1913 Webster] 53 Moby Thesaurus words for " snail": Chilopoda, Chordata, Dungeness crab, Echiuroidea, Ectoprocta, Entoprocta, Japanese crab, Monoplacophora, Nemertinea, Phoronidea, blue point, clam, coquillage, crab, crawdad, crawfish, crayfish, dawdle, dawdler, drone, foot- dragger, goldbrick, goof- off, laggard, langouste, lie- abed, limpet, lingerer, littleneck clam, lobster, loiterer, mussel, oyster, periwinkle, plodder, prawn, procrastinator, quahog, scallop, shellfish, shrimp, sleepyhead, slow goer, slow- foot, slowbelly, slowpoke, slug, sluggard, soft- shell crab, steamer, stick- in- the- mud, tortoise, whelk |
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