Dreye權威釋義|snail

n.[C]

蝸牛
動作遲緩的人（或動物）
That janitor is a snail who never gets things done.
那個照管房屋的人動作慢吞吞的，什麼事也做不成。
蝸形輪（= snail wheel）

at a snail's pace

非常緩慢地
Government organizations dealt with housing problems at a snail's pace.
政府機構對住房問題處理得十分緩慢。

a.

snaillike

以上來源於：《英漢大辭典》

n.

a slow-moving mollusc with a spiral shell into which the whole body can be withdrawn. [Many species in the class Gastropoda.]

OE snæg(e)l, of Gmc origin.

以上來源於：《簡明牛津英語詞典》