snail
noun [ C ] uk/sneɪl/ us/sneɪl/
蜗牛
a small creature with a soft, wet body and a round shell, that moves very slowly and often eats garden plants
Idiom
at a snail's paceidiom 非常慢地，缓慢地
extremely slowly
The roads were full of traffic and we were travelling at a snail's pace for two hours. 路上全是车，我们如蜗牛爬行般行驶了两个小时。