snail
n
1 type of small soft slow-moving animal, usu with a hard spiral shell 蜗牛
Snails have been eating our lettuces. 蜗牛一直在吃我们的莴苣.
The snail retreated into its shell. 蜗牛缩进壳里去了.
2 (idm 习语) at a `snail's pace very slowly 极慢的
The old woman crossed the road at a snail's pace. 那个老太太横过马路时走得慢极了.
snapvt.& vi. 猛地咬住;呵斥;折断;
vt. 拍照;用子母扣扣;[棒球]快速传(球);拍…的快照;
n. (树枝等的)突然折断;严厉的话;突然的撕咬;尤指关上或断裂的声音)啪嗒声;
vi. 啪啪作响;(目光)闪耀;(牙齿等)咯咯作响;(精神)突然崩溃;
adj. 容易的;喀嗒一声扣下的;仓促的;
adv. 噼啪作响地;啪嗒一声;猛然;
Take your pound of flesh! I declare the court allows it and the law gives it to you.
割走你要的那一磅肉吗!我宣布法庭许可你(这样做),法律(把它)判给你。
Or possibly I should have gone to the manager and told him who was stealing meat.
或者我早该去找经理,告诉他谁在偷肉。
Even before India won independence from its British rulers, it was clear that Gandhi was the key figure and leader in the struggle of 380 million Indians to govern themselves.