名複: sloughs
動變: 過去式:sloughed 過去分詞:sloughed 現在進行時:sloughing
slough
KK:[slaʊ] DJ:[slau]
slough1
KK: [slaʊ] DJ: [slau]
n.[C]
- 泥坑，泥潭
- 【喻】泥坑，絕境[（+of）]
- 道德上的墮落
- 沼澤；河灣
片語
the slough of despond
- 絕望的深淵
衍生
a.
sloughy
slough2
KK: [slʌf] DJ: [slʌf]
n.[C]
- 蛇蛻下的皮
- 丟棄的事物（如惡習、偏見、破舊衣服等）
- 【醫】壞死組織，腐肉；腐痂
vt.
- （蛇等）蛻（皮）；使脫落[（+off）]
- 丟棄[（+off）]
- （橋牌中）墊（牌）；丟去
vi.
- （蛇皮等）蛻落[（+off）]
- （蛇等）蛻皮
- （壞死組織等）結痂脫落[（+off）]
片語
slough off
- 蛻皮；脫落
- 丟棄；擯除
衍生
a.
sloughy
以上來源於：《英漢大辭典》
slough1
n.
- a swamp. ▸N. Amer. a muddy side channel or inlet.
- a situation characterized by lack of progress or activity.
Derivative
- sloughy adj.
Etymology
OE slōh, slō(g), of unknown origin.
slough2
v.
- (of an animal, especially a snake) cast off or shed (an old skin).
- (slough away/down) (of soil or rock) collapse or slide into a hole or depression.
n.
the dropping off of dead tissue from living flesh.Derivative
- sloughy adj.
Etymology
ME (as n. denoting a skin, especially the outer skin shed by a snake): perh. rel. to Low Ger. slu(we) ‘husk, peel’.
以上來源於：《簡明牛津英語詞典》