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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]
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