snails

Elizabeth had been collecting snails for a school project

伊丽莎白一直在为完成学校的一份课题作业收集蜗牛。

The snails are no larger than one centimetre across .

这些蜗牛体宽不超过1厘米。

A snail 's shell is spiral in form .

蜗牛壳呈螺旋形。

The economy grew at a snail 's pace in the first three months of this year .

今年第一季度经济增速缓慢。

The train was moving now at a snail 's pace

火车这会儿走得跟蜗牛一样慢。

These snails do not occur on low-lying coral islands or atolls .

在地势低平的珊瑚岛或环礁上没有这种螺。

Snails would , of course , be the main dish .

蜗牛当然会是道主菜。

Most snails have shells on their backs .

大多数蜗牛背上有壳。

The snail drew in its feelers .

蜗牛把触角缩了回去。

But the snail has given the project greater urgency .

但是，蜗牛还是这个项目地当务之急。

But the snail continues its march to new territory , says Serrat .

但是，塞拉特说，这些蜗牛在继续向新的领地迈进

" The short-term fight against the snail , and a mid - to long-term fight against climate change . "

短期内与蜗牛作战，中远期内抵御气候变化。

For now , the giant apple snail 's foothold in Europe is limited to the Ebro Delta .

到目前为止，巨头苹果蜗牛在欧洲仅存在于埃布罗河三角洲。

At the same time , this sea-water also kills off the greedy giant apple snail , an introduced pest that feeds on young rice plants .

与此同时海水也杀死了贪婪的巨头苹果蜗牛，这种外来害虫以水稻幼苗为食。

Originally from South America , the snails were accidentally introduced into the Ebro Delta by Global Aquatic Technologies , a company that raised the snails for fresh-water aquariums , but failed to prevent their escape .

这些蜗牛原产自南美洲，由全球水产技术公司意外地带入了埃布罗河三角洲，该公司曾为淡水水族馆饲养这些蜗牛，却不慎让它们逃脱了。

The Ebro Delta , in Spain , famous as a battleground during the Spanish Civil War , is now the setting for a different contest , one that is pitting rice farmers against two enemies : the rice-eating giant apple snail , and rising sea levels .

西班牙的埃布罗河三角洲因曾为西班牙内战期间的战场而出名，现在又成为另一场战争的所在地，那就是稻农们正面临两大敌人的挑战:以水稻为食的巨头苹果蜗牛，以及持续上升的海平面。

French people eat 40,000 tons of snails every year !

法国人每年吃4万吨蜗牛！

The dye was much cheaper than sea snail dye .

这种染料比海螺染料便宜得多。

Snails are also a must-have here .

蜗牛也是这里的必备品。

But10.000 dead sea snails got you just one gram of purple dye … as well as a very bad smell !

但是用10000只死海蜗牛只能生产出一克紫色染料…还有一股很难闻的味道！

Slightly surprisingly , snail mail entered the language as far back as 1982 .

不过让人有些意外的是，“蜗牛信件”这个词早在1982年时就被收录进常用语言词条了。

Snail is a small plant-eating creature with a soft body .

蜗牛是一种软体草食动物。

The snail left a trail of slime along the parquet floor .

蜗牛在镶木地板上留下一道黏液。

I think I 'll try the snails for lunch — I 'm feeling adventurous today .

我想我午餐要尝一下蜗牛——我今天很想冒险

The committee is moving at a snail 's pace and is no hurry to make a decision on my request .

这是一句俚语，它用来形容某事以非常缓慢而深思熟虑的方式进展。委员会进展缓慢，不急于对我的请求作出决定。7Slowlybutsurely稳扎稳打地

The word " snailpaper " is a play on snail and therefore much more slowly than e-mail .

“蜗牛报纸”这个词是对“蜗牛信件”一词的演绎，蜗牛信件指通过人工投递的信件、账单等，比电子邮件肯定慢很多。

I confess it with shame -- shrunk icily into myself , like a snail .

我羞愧地忏悔了——冷冰冰地退缩，像个蜗牛。

Despite having the word " snail " in its Chinese name , actual snails don 't commonly appear in the dish , but are used to flavor the broth .

尽管螺蛳粉的名字里有“螺蛳”，但螺蛳是用来给汤入味的，粉里通常并没有真正的螺蛳。

Xinhua reports that the annual sales of river snail rice noodles in more than 20 countries and regions exceeded 10 billion yuan ( $ 1.54 billion ) in 2020 , while providing over 250000 jobs across the industrial chain .

据新华社报道，2020年，20多个国家和地区的螺蛳粉年销售额超过100亿元人民币，同时为整个产业链提供了超过25万个就业岗位。

for he meant to eat them . When it got well alight and the snails began to feel the heat , they gradually withdrew more and more into their shells with the hissing2 noise they always make when they do so .

火点着了，蜗牛也开始感觉到热了，他们纷纷退向坚壳的深处，同时还发出“咝咝”的噪音。