Wordiyoslough
🇬🇧 UK/slau/🇺🇸 US
GREC2
Definitions
n.
The dead skin shed by a snake or reptile; dead tissue on a wound; a muddy swamp.
（蛇等蜕下的）皮；（伤口上的）腐肉；泥沼，沼泽
v.
To shed skin or dead tissue; to cast off or discard.
蜕皮；脱落；抛弃
🧩 Root Breakdown
Native Englishsloughother
=slough
Common Collocations
- 1.shed a slough蜕皮
- 2.wound slough伤口腐肉
- 3.slough of despond绝望的泥潭（比喻极度沮丧）
- 4.muddy slough泥泞的沼泽
Example Sentences
- 1.
The snake left behind a papery slough as it emerged from beneath the rock.
- 2.
The nurse carefully removed the slough from the patient's infected wound.
- 3.
The explorers struggled to cross the treacherous slough at the edge of the forest.