| 释义 |
slough2/slʌf/ n. & v.●n. 1 a part that an animal casts or moults, esp. a snake's cast skin (尤指蛇的)蜕皮 2 dead tissue that drops off from living flesh etc. (活物身上的)脱落物 3 a habit etc. that has been abandoned 已被抛弃的习惯(等) ●v. 1 tr. cast off as a slough 脱落(皮等) 2 intr. (often foll. by 常后跟 off) drop off as a slough 丢弃，抛弃 3 intr. cast off a slough 脱皮，蜕皮 4 intr. (often foll. by 常后跟 away, down) (of soil, rock, etc.) collapse or slide into a hole or depression (土、岩石等)崩塌，坍落 □ sloughy adj.[Middle English, perhaps related to Low German slu(we) ‘husk’] |