slough
slough1[slau]n.1.■沼泽；浅滩2.■泥坑，泥潭，泥塘3.■[亦作 slew， slue] [美国北部、加拿大英语] 河湾，叉流，死水4.■沉沦(或窘迫、沮丧)的状况；绝境vt.1.■使陷入泥坑；使沦入绝境(up):to slough up in dire straits使陷入困境2.■[美国俚语] 逮捕；监禁(in， up):to be sloughed in the prison被关进牢内vi.1.■在泥浆中艰难行进：to slough through the mud艰难地穿过泥沼the slough of despond绝望的深渊；极度的沮丧 slough2[slʌf]n.1.■蛇蜕2.■(蜕掉的)皮；壳3.■丢弃物；被摒弃的恶习(或偏见、陈旧思想等)4.■【病理学】腐痂，腐肉，死肉，坏死组织5.■【桥牌】垫掉(无用的牌)；被垫掉的牌张vt.1.■(蛇等)蜕(皮)；使脱落：The flowers are being sloughed.花儿正在凋谢。the skin sloughed out of the cicada蝉的蜕皮2.■丢弃 (off):to slough off one's bad habits戒除坏习惯3.■【病理学】使结痂脱落(away):The cut on my leg has been sloughed away.我腿的伤口已结痂脱落了。4.■【桥牌】垫掉(无用的牌)vi.1.■(蛇)蜕皮：Cicada always sloughs in the spring.蝉总是在春季蜕皮。Some of animals slough, such as snake, cicada, and so on.有些动物会蜕皮，例如蛇、蝉等。2.■(蛇皮等)脱落：The skin of a snake would slough.蛇皮会蜕掉。the scab that has sloughed已脱落的痂3.■(坏死组织等)结痂脱落：The scale on the surface of the kettle has sloughed off.壶内的水垢结硬后脱落了。4.■(固体物如岩石等)崩塌；坍落：The old house has sloughed.那座老屋已坍了。5.■消退；减弱：With the increasing of the age, the appetite would slough.随着年龄的增长，人的食欲就会减弱。
sloughslough[slau]n.1.■沼泽地, 泥坑2.■绝望、沮丧的情况3.■[slu:][美、加]叉流, 河湾词性变化slough[slau]vt.1.■使陷入泥沼, [喻](使)沉沦2.■[美俚]逮捕; 监禁(in, up)vi.1.■行走于泥浆中doctors sloughing through swampy lowlands在低洼沼地泥泞中行走的医生
继承用法sloughy[ˈslaʊɪ]adj.1.■泥泞的, 象[多]泥沼的
