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slough基本信息

读法：英 [slaʊ] 美 [slʌf]

释义：

  • n. 蜕下的皮（或壳）；绝境；[地理] 泥沼；[外科] 腐肉
  • vt. 使陷入泥沼；抛弃
  • vi. 蜕皮；脱落；在泥浆中跋涉

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    英英释义

    Noun:

  • necrotic tissue; a mortified or gangrenous part or mass
  • a hollow filled with mud
  • a stagnant swamp (especially as part of a bayou)
  • any outer covering that can be shed or cast off (such as the cast-off skin of a snake)
    • Verb:
  • cast off hair, skin, horn, or feathers;"our dog sheds every Spring"

    • 中英词源

    slough 蛇等蜕皮，脱落

    词源不详，可能来自辅音丛 sl-,砍，劈，分开，比较 slab,slip,slat,slit,slot.参照 skin,皮肤，剥 皮，来自 PIE*skei,砍，撕，分开。

    slough 泥沼，沼泽，深渊

    来自辅音丛 sl-,黏滑的，淤泥的，泥浆的，比较 slop,slosh,slough,sludge.

    slough (n.1)
    "muddy place," Old English sloh "soft, muddy ground," of uncertain origin. Compare Middle Low German sloch "muddy place," Middle High German sluoche "ditch." Figurative use (of moral sunkenness or Bunyan"s "Slough of Despond," 1678) attested from mid-13c.
    slough (v.)
    "to cast off" (as the skin of a snake or other animal), 1720, originally of diseased tissue, from Middle English noun slough "shed skin of a snake" (see slough (n.)). Related: Sloughed; sloughing.
    slough (n.2)
    "cast-off skin" (of a snake or other animal), early 14c., slughe, slouh, probably related to Old Saxon sluk "skin of a snake," Middle High German sluch "snakeskin, wineskin," Middle Low German slu "husk, peel, skin," German Schlauch "wineskin;" from Proto-Germanic *sluk-, of uncertain origin, perhaps from PIE root *sleug- "to glide."

    词态变化

    第三人称单数 sloughs;
    过去式 sloughed;
    过去分词 sloughed;
    现在分词 sloughing;

    权威造句

    1. She tried hard to slough off her old personality.
    她努力告别从前的个性。

    来自柯林斯例句

    2. All reptiles have to slough their skin to grow.
    所有爬行动物生长过程中都要蜕皮。

    来自柯林斯例句

    3. He was sinking into the Slough of Despond.
    他那时正陷入极度沮丧的状态。

    来自《权威词典》

    4. He was not able to slough off the memories of the past.
    他无法忘记过去.

    来自《简明英汉词典》

    5. A cicada throws its slough.
    蝉是要蜕皮的.

    来自《简明英汉词典》

    近反义词

  • slough off 抛弃
  • the slough of despond 绝望的深渊(极度沮丧...
  • cicada slough 蝉蜕,金蝉衣...
  • slough over 把 ... 当作无...

    • 相似短语

  • slough grass n.薹属植物纤维
  • Slough of Despond n. 绝境，绝望的境地
  • slough up v. 逮捕
  • bank slough 岸坡表层脱落
  • slough podzol 沼津灰壤
  • slough over v. 轻视
  • the Slough of Despond n. 绝望的深渊
  • slough of despond 绝望的深渊
  • slough off v. 抛弃,丢弃
  • the slough of despond n.绝望的深渊

    • 单词分析

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    记忆方法

    1. 谐音“撕拉肤”。
    2. 谐音“死淖”-----死泥淖。

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