slough

slough1
[slaʊ]
noun
  1. a swamp
    沼泽
    ■(figurative)a situation characterized by lack of progress or activity
    (喻)困境
    the economic slough of the interwar years.
    两次世界大战之间的经济困境。
    ■(N. Amer.)a muddy side channel or inlet
    (北美)泥沼水道(或小水湾)
派生
sloughy
adjective
语源
  1. Old English slōh, slō(g), of unknown origin

slough2
[slʌf]
verb
  1. [with obj.](of an animal, especially a snake, or a person) cast off or shed (an old skin or dead skin)
    (动物,尤指蛇、人)蜕皮;脱皮
    a snake sloughs off its old skin.
    蛇蜕掉旧皮。
    he is concerned to slough off the country's bad environmental image.
    他努力想甩掉国家的环境恶劣形象。
    ■[no obj.](slough off)(of dead skin) drop off; be shed
    (死皮)脱落
    ■[no obj.](slough away/down)(of soil or rock) collapse or slide into a hole or depression
    (土地,岩石)倒塌,坍落
noun
  1. [mass noun]the dropping off of dead tissue from living flesh
    (坏死组织)脱落
    the drugs can cause blistering and slough.
    这些药品能使水疱和死皮脱落。
派生
sloughy
adjective
语源
  1. Middle English (as a noun denoting a skin, especially the outer skin shed by a snake): perhaps related to Low German slu(we) 'husk, peel'. The verb dates from the early 18th cent
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