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slough

/slʌf/ /slaʊ/

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noun

Muda

The skin shed by a snake or other reptile.

Examples :

"That is the slough of a rattler; we must be careful."

Esa es la muda de una serpiente de cascabel; debemos tener cuidado.

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noun

Costra, esfacelo

Dead skin on a sore or ulcer.

Examples :

"This is the slough that came off of his skin after the burn."

Esta es la costra que se desprendió de su piel después de la quemadura.

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verb

Mudar, desprenderse

To shed (skin).

Examples :

"Snakes slough their skin periodically."

Las serpientes mudan su piel periódicamente.

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verb

Desprenderse, mudar

To slide off (like a layer of skin).

Examples :

"A week after he was burned, a layer of skin on his arm sloughed off."

Una semana después de quemarse, una capa de piel de su brazo se desprendió.

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verb

Desprenderse de, mudar

Examples :

"East sloughed a heart."

El Este se desprendió de un corazón.

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verb

Hacer novillos, faltar a clase sin permiso

(Western US) To commit truancy, be absent from school without permission. (compare ditch)

Examples :

""Dude, Kaydn and Jarom are totally sloughing today!""

¡Tío, Kaydn y Jarom están haciendo novillos hoy!

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noun

Ciénaga, pantano

A muddy or marshy area.

Examples :

"After the heavy rain, the park turned into a muddy slough, making it impossible to walk through. "

Después de la fuerte lluvia, el parque se convirtió en una ciénaga fangosa, lo que hizo imposible caminar por él.

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noun

Pantano, ciénaga

(Eastern United States) A type of swamp or shallow lake system, typically formed as or by the backwater of a larger waterway, similar to a bayou with trees.

Examples :

"We paddled under a canopy of trees through the slough."

Remamos bajo un dosel de árboles a través del pantano.

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noun

Canal secundario, brazo de río

(Western United States) A secondary channel of a river delta, usually flushed by the tide.

Examples :

"The fisherman steered his boat carefully through the narrow slough, hoping to find a good spot to catch salmon. "

El pescador dirigió cuidadosamente su bote a través del estrecho canal secundario, con la esperanza de encontrar un buen lugar para pescar salmón.

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noun

Depresión, abatimiento

A state of depression.

Examples :

"John is in a slough."

John está en un estado de depresión.

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Estanque, charca

A small pond, often alkaline, many but not all formed by glacial potholes.

Examples :

"Potholes or sloughs formed by a glacier’s retreat from the central plains of North America, are now known to be some of the world’s most productive ecosystems."

Los estanques o charcas formados por la retirada de un glaciar de las llanuras centrales de América del Norte, ahora se sabe que son algunos de los ecosistemas más productivos del mundo.

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