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

slough off

1. slough verb

When a plant sloughs its leaves, or an animal such as a snake sloughs its skin, the leaves or skin come off naturally.

All reptiles have to slough their skin to grow. [VERB noun]

The lemon geranium sloughs dry brown leaves at the base of its branches. [VERB noun]

[Also VERB]

2. phrasal verb

If you slough off something that you no longer want or need, you get rid of it. [written]

She tried hard to slough off her old personality. [VERB PARTICLE noun (not pronoun)]

By early 1916 Lyttelton had sloughed off any hint of boyishness. [VERB PARTICLE noun (not pronoun)]

[Also VERB noun PARTICLE]

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单词	slough off
释义	slough off 1. slough verb When a plant sloughs its leaves, or an animal such as a snake sloughs its skin, the leaves or skin come off naturally. All reptiles have to slough their skin to grow. [VERB noun] The lemon geranium sloughs dry brown leaves at the base of its branches. [VERB noun] [Also VERB] 2. phrasal verb If you slough off something that you no longer want or need, you get rid of it. [written] She tried hard to slough off her old personality. [VERB PARTICLE noun (not pronoun)] By early 1916 Lyttelton had sloughed off any hint of boyishness. [VERB PARTICLE noun (not pronoun)] [Also VERB noun PARTICLE] See full dictionary entry for slough
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