slough 详细解释

slough

[slʌf,slau]

n.泥坑, 沼泽, 沮丧的情况, (蛇等)蜕皮
v.蜕皮, 摆脱
=sluff

n.[C]

1. 泥坑, 泥潭

2. 【喻】泥坑, 绝境[(+of)]

get oneself into a slough of self-pity

陷入顾影自怜的泥沼

3. 道德上的堕落

4. 沼泽; 河湾

词形变化

形容词: sloughy | 异体字: slew |

英英释义

名词 slough:

necrotic tissue; a mortified or gangrenous part or mass

同义词:gangrene, sphacelus

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)

动词 slough:

cast off hair, skin, horn, or feathers

同义词:shed, molt, exuviate, moult

短语词组

the slough of despond

1. 绝望的深渊

He saved her from the slough of despond.

他把她从绝望的深渊中拯救了出来。

补充

sloughslough英:[slau] 美:[slu, slaʊ]n.1.沼泽2.水池, 池塘[slʌf]n.1.难以改变的不良心理2.蛇蜕下来的皮; 按时脱落的死组织vt.1.使…蜕下或脱落; 舍弃

例句

1. to slough up in dire straits使陷入困境 2. to be sloughed in the prison被关进牢内 3. to slough through the mud艰难地穿过泥沼 4. The flowers are being sloughed.花儿正在凋谢。 5. the skin sloughed out of the cicada蝉的蜕皮 6. to slough off one's bad habits戒除坏习惯 7. The cut on my leg has been sloughed away.我腿的伤口已结痂脱落了。 8. Cicada always sloughs in the spring.蝉总是在春季蜕皮。 9. Some of animals slough, such as snake, cicada, and so on.有些动物会蜕皮,例如蛇、蝉等。 10. The skin of a snake would slough.蛇皮会蜕掉。 11. the scab that has sloughed已脱落的痂 12. The scale on the surface of the kettle has sloughed off.壶内的水垢结硬后脱落了。 13. The old house has sloughed.那座老屋已坍了。 14. 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。 15. the economic slough of the interwar years.两次世界大战之间的经济困境。 16. a snake sloughs off its old skin.蛇蜕掉旧皮。 17. 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。 18. the drugs can cause blistering and slough.这些药品能使水疱和死皮脱落。 19. Snakes slough (off) their skin annually.蛇每年蜕一次皮。 20. We have to slough off our fears and face the challenge that confronts us.我们必须克服恐惧,直面挑战。 21. a slough of depression/frustration/sadness无边的抑郁/沮丧/悲伤 22. a slough of mud一片泥沼