n.[C]

1. 泥坑，泥潭
2. 【喻】泥坑，絕境[（+of）]
   get oneself into a slough of self-pity

   陷入顧影自憐的泥沼

3. 道德上的墮落
4. 沼澤；河灣

n.[C]

1. 蛇蛻下的皮
2. 丟棄的事物（如惡習、偏見、破舊衣服等）
3. 【醫】壞死組織，腐肉；腐痂

vt.

1. （蛇等）蛻（皮）；使脫落[（+off）]
2. 丟棄[（+off）]
   slough off old prejudices

   丟掉往日的成見

3. （橋牌中）墊（牌）；丟去

vi.

1. （蛇皮等）蛻落[（+off）]
2. （蛇等）蛻皮
3. （壞死組織等）結痂脫落[（+off）]

n.

1. a swamp.
   ▸N. Amer. a muddy side channel or inlet.
2. a situation characterized by lack of progress or activity.

v.

1. (of an animal, especially a snake) cast off or shed (an old skin).
2. (slough away/down) (of soil or rock) collapse or slide into a hole or depression.

n.