英语词汇“slough”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

slough ²

(slŭf)

1. The dead outer skin shed by a reptile or amphibian.

2. Medicine A layer or mass of dead tissue separated from surrounding living tissue, as in a wound, sore, or inflammation.

3. An outer layer or covering that is shed or removed.

v. sloughed, slough·ing, sloughs

v.intr.

1. To be cast off or shed; come off: "smooth fallen branches from which all bark has sloughed" (David M. Carroll).

单词	slough
释义	slough ² (slŭf) n. 1. The dead outer skin shed by a reptile or amphibian. 2. Medicine A layer or mass of dead tissue separated from surrounding living tissue, as in a wound, sore, or inflammation. 3. An outer layer or covering that is shed or removed. v. sloughed, slough·ing, sloughs v.intr. 1. To be cast off or shed; come off: "smooth fallen branches from which all bark has sloughed" (David M. Carroll). 2. To shed a slough: every time that a snake sloughs. 3. Medicine To separate from surrounding living tissue. Used of dead tissue. v.tr. 1. To cast off or shed (skin or a covering): came inside and sloughed off his coat. 2. To discard or disregard as undesirable or unfavorable: sloughed off her misgivings. *Phrasal Verb:* *slough off* Slang To work less intensely than is required or expected. [Middle English slughe; akin to Middle High German slūch, sluoch , sloughed off snake skin (Modern German Schlauch, hose, tire tube).]
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