Slough
[slaʊ] or [slʌf]
解释:
(noun.) any outer covering that can be shed or cast off (such as the cast-off skin of a snake).
(noun.) a stagnant swamp (especially as part of a bayou).
(noun.) a hollow filled with mud.
手打:罗莎琳德--From WordNet
解释:
(a.) Slow.
(n.) A place of deep mud or mire; a hole full of mire.
(n.) A wet place; a swale; a side channel or inlet from a river.
(-) imp. of Slee, to slay. Slew.
(n.) The skin, commonly the cast-off skin, of a serpent or of some similar animal.
(n.) The dead mass separating from a foul sore; the dead part which separates from the living tissue in mortification.
(v. i.) To form a slough; to separate in the form of dead matter from the living tissues; -- often used with off, or away; as, a sloughing ulcer; the dead tissues slough off slowly.
(v. t.) To cast off; to discard as refuse.
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同义词及近义词:
n. Quagmire, morass, bog, fen.
n. Crust, scab, ESCHAR.
手打:洛雷塔
同义词及反义词:
SYN:Mire, difficulty, despond
ANT:Footing, standpoint
校对:苏西
解释:
n. a hollow filled with mud: a soft bog or marsh.—adj. Slough′y full of sloughs: miry.
n. the cast-off skin of a serpent: the dead part which separates from a sore.—v.i. to come away as a slough (with off): to be in the state of sloughing.—v.t. to cast off as a slough.—adj. Slough′y like or containing slough.
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例句:
- A telegraph that could be worked with five circuits came within the range of practicability, and it was put into operation on the Great Western Railway as far as Slough, a distance of 18 miles. 弗雷德里克·科利尔·贝克维尔. 伟大的事实.
- Gerald was her escape from the heavy slough of the pale, underworld, automatic colliers. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
- We were in the Slough of Despond tonight, and Mother came and pulled us out as Help did in the book. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
- But it is not always slough, objected Caroline. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
- When we arrived at Rochester therefore, we were surprised to receive, by a man just come from Slough, a letter from this exemplary sufferer. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
- They show you only the green, tempting surface of the marsh, and give not one faithful or truthful hint of the slough underneath. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
- The name of the slough was Despond. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
- Sometimes, we strike into the skirting mud, to avoid the stones that clatter us and shake us; sometimes, we stick in ruts and sloughs there. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 双城记.
- The ground on the west shore of the river, opposite Columbus, is low and in places marshy and cut up with sloughs. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U.S.格兰特的个人回忆录.
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