slough
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++slough1 /slʌf/ verb 1 slough something ↔ off phrasal verb a) technicalHB to get rid of a dead layer of skin 蜕〔皮〕，脱〔皮〕b) GET RID OF literary to get rid of something, especially something that is damaging you 抛弃，摆脱，消除〔尤指于己不利的东西〕 The president wanted to slough off the country’s bad image. 总统想消除国家的不良形象。→ See Verb table
Examples from the Corpus
slough• Pieces of the bowel or stomach wall may slough off in diarrhea.• After sloughing off Payless, May could turn its attention to acquisitions, possibly of other department stores, analysts said.• It is this cheapness which I am endeavouring to slough off.• The edges are frayed, with the ends sloughing off.slough2 /slaʊ $ sluː, slaʊ/ noun 1 SITUATION[singular] literary a bad situation or a state of sadness that you cannot get out of easily 困境；深渊slough of Harry was in a slough of despondency for weeks. 哈里几个星期来都陷在沮丧的深渊里。2. [countable]SG an area of land covered in deep dirty water or mud 泥沼，沼泽，泥坑Examples from the Corpus
slough• Many commentators now believed that Kasparov was finished, that psychologically he could not recover from such a slough of despond.• It was seen as an anarchic slough of disorder and despair.• Now the steps end in a kind of stagnant slough.Origin slough1 (1700-1800) slough “dead skin of an animal” ((14-21 centuries)), of unknown origin slough2 Old English slohslough1 verbslough2 nounChinese
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slough1 /slʌf/ 
verb
slough something ↔ off phrasal verb
1. technical to get rid of a dead layer of skin
2. literary to get rid of something, especially something that is damaging you:
The president wanted to slough off the country’s bad image.
slough2 /slaʊ $ sluː, slaʊ/ noun
slough of
Harry was in a slough of despondency for weeks.
2. [countable] an area of land covered in deep dirty water or mud
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verb Date: 1700-1800
Origin: slough __dead skin of an animal__ (14-21 centuries), of unknown origin
Origin: slough __dead skin of an animal__ (14-21 centuries), of unknown origin
slough something ↔ off phrasal verb
1. technical to get rid of a dead layer of skin
2. literary to get rid of something, especially something that is damaging you:
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noun Language: Old English
Origin: sloh
1. [singular] literary a bad situation or a state of sadness that you cannot get out of easilyOrigin: sloh
slough of
2. [countable] an area of land covered in deep dirty water or mud
