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Snail
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(snails) 1. A snail is a small animal with a long, soft body, no legs, and a spiral-shaped shell. Snails move very slowly. N-COUNT 2. If you say that someone does something at a snail’s pace, you are emphasizing that they are doing it very slowly, usually when you think it would be better if they did it much more quickly. The train was moving now at a snail’s pace... PHRASE: PHR after v c darkgreen]emphasis
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I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English sn?gl; akin to Old High German snecko ~, snahhan to creep Date: before 12th century 1. a gastropod mollusk especially when having an external enclosing spiral shell 2. a slow-moving or sluggish person or thing • ~like adjective II. intransitive verb Date: 1582 to move, act, or go slowly or lazily ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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n. any slow-moving gastropod mollusc with a spiral shell able to enclose the whole body. Phrases and idioms snail's pace a very slow movement. Derivatives snail-like adj. Etymology: OE sn{aelig}g(e)l f. Gmc ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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улитка; pl брюхоногие (моллюски) (Gastropoda) – apple snails – black snails – brown garden snail – edible snail – egg snails – finfooted snails – French snail – giant African kalutara snail – grapevine snail – heteropodous snails – horn snails – kalutara snail – marsh snails – Montagu's sea snail – orb snails – pearly snails – pond snails – pygmy sea snail – raft snails – sea snail – sessile-eyed snails – shield snails – snouted water snails – striped sea snail – violet snails ...Англо-русский Русско-английский биологический словарь
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1. зоол. улитка (Gastropoda) 2. тихоход; копун; увалень 3. тех. (плоская) спираль, улитка Id: at a snail's pace —- черепашьим шагом 4. ползти как улитка, еле-еле переставлять ноги, идти черепашьим шагом 5. копаться, возиться (с чем-либо); канителиться ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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noun 1) улитка 2) coll. тихоход; медлительный человек 3) tech. спираль at a snails pace - черепашьим шагом ...Англо-русский словарь
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~ n 1 a small soft creature that moves very slowly and has a hard shell on its back 2 at a snail's pace extremely slowly ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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- O.E. snжgl, a dim. form of snaca "snake," lit. "creeping thing." From P.Gmc. *snagilas, from base *snag-, *sneg- "to crawl." Also formerly used of slugs. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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