snail

カタツムリ

柔らかい体と背中の殻を持ち、ゆっくり動く小さな動物。

やさしい英語で： A small, slow-moving animal with a soft body and a shell on its back.

• A snail is on the leaf.
• We found snails in the garden after the rain.
• The snail pulled its head inside its shell.

よく使う表現： garden snail, snail shell, snail trail, sea snail

のろのろ進む

とてもゆっくり動いたり移動したりする。

やさしい英語で： To move or travel extremely slowly.

• The bus snailed along.
• Cars were snailing through the narrow streets.
• We snailed up the hill behind a heavy truck.

類義語： crawl, creep

反対語： speed, race

よく使う表現： snail along, snail forward, snail through something