sloughiness

• n.slough²的变形

slough²[slʌf]

• n.
  • 蛇蜕
  • (蜕掉的)皮；壳
  • 丢弃物；被摒弃的恶习(或偏见、陈旧思想等)
  • 【病理学】腐痂，腐肉，死肉，坏死组织
  • 【桥牌】垫掉(无用的牌)；被垫掉的牌张
• vt.
  • (蛇等)蜕(皮)；使脱落：

    The flowers are being sloughed.

    花儿正在凋谢。

    the skin sloughed out of the cicada

    蝉的蜕皮

  • 丢弃 (off):

    to slough off one's bad habits

    戒除坏习惯

  • 【病理学】使结痂脱落(away):

    The cut on my leg has been sloughed away.

    我腿的伤口已结痂脱落了。

  • 【桥牌】垫掉(无用的牌)
• vi.
  • (蛇)蜕皮：

    Cicada always sloughs in the spring.

    蝉总是在春季蜕皮。

    Some of animals slough, such as snake, cicada, and so on.

    有些动物会蜕皮，例如蛇、蝉等。

  • (蛇皮等)脱落：

    The skin of a snake would slough.

    蛇皮会蜕掉。

    the scab that has sloughed

    已脱落的痂

  • (坏死组织等)结痂脱落：

    The scale on the surface of the kettle has sloughed off.

    壶内的水垢结硬后脱落了。

  • (固体物如岩石等)崩塌；坍落：

    The old house has sloughed.

    那座老屋已坍了。

  • 消退；减弱：

    With the increasing of the age, the appetite would slough.

    随着年龄的增长，人的食欲就会减弱。