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sloughs

/slaʊz/ /sluːz/ /slʌfs/

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noun

허물

The skin shed by a snake or other reptile.

Examples :

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

저것은 방울뱀의 허물입니다; 조심해야 합니다.

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noun

죽은 피부, 딱지

Dead skin on a sore or ulcer.

Examples :

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

이것은 화상 후 그의 피부에서 떨어진 죽은 피부입니다.

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verb

허물을 벗다, 떨어지다

To shed (skin).

Examples :

"Snakes slough their skin periodically."

뱀은 주기적으로 허물을 벗습니다.

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verb

벗겨지다, 떨어져 나가다

To slide off (like a layer of skin).

Examples :

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

그가 화상을 입은 지 일주일 후, 그의 팔에 있는 피부 층이 벗겨졌다.

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verb

벗다, 떨어지다

Examples :

"East sloughed a heart."

동쪽은 심장을 벗었다.

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무단 결석하다, 땡땡이치다

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

Examples :

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

야, Kaydn이랑 Jarom은 오늘 완전 땡땡이 치고 있어!

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noun

늪, 갯벌

A muddy or marshy area.

Examples :

"After the heavy rain, the hiking trail disappeared into a series of muddy sloughs. "

폭우 후, 하이킹 길은 일련의 진흙 투성이 늪으로 사라졌다.

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noun

늪, 웅덩이

(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."

우리는 늪을 지나 나무 덮개 아래에서 노를 저었다.

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noun

강어귀 지류

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

Examples :

"During low tide, many boats sit in the mud of the sloughs that branch off the main river channel. "

썰물 때, 많은 배들이 주요 강 수로에서 갈라져 나가는 강어귀 지류의 진흙 속에 앉아 있습니다.

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noun

우울, 침체

A state of depression.

Examples :

"John is in a slough."

존은 우울한 상태에 있다.

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noun

작은 웅덩이, 늪

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."

빙하가 북미 중부 평원에서 후퇴하면서 형성된 작은 웅덩이나 늪은 현재 세계에서 가장 생산적인 생태계 중 일부로 알려져 있습니다.

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