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sloughs

/slaʊz/ /sluːz/ /slʌfs/

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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，我们必须小心。

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noun

溃疡面的死皮, 痂皮

Dead skin on a sore or ulcer.

Examples :

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

这是烧伤后从他皮肤上脱落的溃疡面的死皮。

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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（皮）。

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，手臂上的一层皮肤脱落了。

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verb

蜕（皮）, 摆脱

Examples :

"East sloughed a heart."

伊斯特摆脱了一颗真心。

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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!""

兄弟，凯登和贾罗姆今天肯定逃学了！

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noun

沼泽，泥潭

A muddy or marshy area.

Examples :

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

大雨过后，远足小径消失在一片片泥泞的沼泽地里。

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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，在树冠的遮蔽下，穿行于那片沼泽浅湖之中。

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noun

支流，河汊

(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. "

在退潮时，许多船只搁浅在从主河道分出的支流河汊的泥泞中。

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noun

低谷，消沉，沮丧期

A state of depression.

Examples :

"John is in a slough."

约翰正处于情绪低谷。

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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."

由冰川从北美洲中部平原退却时形成的壶穴或水塘/死水潭，现在被认为是世界上最多产的生态系统之一。

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