snail /sneɪl/ BrE AmE noun [countable]
[ Language: Old English ; Origin: snægl ]
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:
Traffic was moving at a snail’s pace.
snail /sneɪl/ BrE AmE noun [countable]
[ Language: Old English ; Origin: snægl ]
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:
Traffic was moving at a snail’s pace.
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English. Longman - Словарь современного английского языка. 2012