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slough

/slʌf/ /slaʊ/

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noun

蛇蜕，蜕皮

The skin shed by a snake or other reptile.

Examples :

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

那是响尾蛇蜕下来的皮，我们得小心点。

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noun

疮痂，溃疡面的坏死组织

Dead skin on a sore or ulcer.

Examples :

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

这是他烧伤后从皮肤上脱落的疮痂和坏死组织。

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verb

脱落，蜕（皮）。

To shed (skin).

Examples :

"Snakes slough their skin periodically."

蛇会定期蜕皮。

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verb

脱落, 蜕 (tuì).

To slide off (like a layer of skin).

Examples :

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

他烧伤一周后，他手臂上的一层皮肤脱落了.

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verb

蜕，脱落

Examples :

"East sloughed a heart."

伊斯特放下了心中的重担。

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verb

逃学，旷课。

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

Examples :

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

哥们儿，Kaydn和Jarom今天肯定逃学了！

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noun

沼泽，泥潭。

A muddy or marshy area.

Examples :

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

大雨过后，公园变成了一片泥泞的沼泽，根本没法走了。

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noun

沼泽, 浅湖。

(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."

我们划着桨，穿行于覆盖着树木的沼泽浅湖中。

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noun

支流, 汊河

(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. "

渔夫小心地驾驶着他的小船穿过狭窄的支流，希望找到一个能捕到鲑鱼的好地方。

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noun

低落，消沉

A state of depression.

Examples :

"John is in a slough."

约翰现在情绪非常低落。

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noun

水塘，死水潭。

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."

冰川从北美洲中部平原撤退时留下的壶穴或水塘，现在被认为是世界上最多产的生态系统之一。

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