Англо-русский Русско-английский биологический словарь - slough
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1. болото, топь, трясина 2. грязный, непроезжий участок дороги; колдобина 3. ам. низина, заполняемая приливом 4. ам. заводь (на реке) 5. депрессия, уныние, отчаяние 6. выползок, сброшенная кожа (змеи) 7. струп 8. забытая привычка 9. карт. сброшенная карта 10. менять кожу (о змее) 11. осыпаться (о цветах, плодах) 12. покрываться струпьями 13. карт. сбрасывать карту ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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I noun 1) болото, топь, трясина 2) депрессия, уныние, отчаяние (тж. the Slough of Despond) II 1. noun 1) сброшенная кожа (змеи) 2) струп 3) забытая привычка 2. v. 1) сбрасывать кожу (о змее) 2) сходить (о коже), шелушиться (часто slough off, slough away) - slough off - slough over SLOUGH off а) сбрасывать (кожу) Every spring this snake sloughs off its old skin. б) coll. избавляться (от чего-л.) Its difficult to slough off old habits even when you want to. SLOUGH over считать маловажным; принижать значение (чего-л.) The chairman tried to slough over the problems in the contract because he was keen to get it signed. ...Англо-русский словарь
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1. n. a swamp; a miry place; a quagmire. Phrases and idioms Slough of Despond a state of hopeless depression (with ref. to Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress). Derivatives sloughy adj. Etymology: OE sloh, slo(g) 2. n. & v. --n. 1 a part that an animal casts or moults, esp. a snake's cast skin. 2 dead tissue that drops off from living flesh etc. 3 a habit etc. that has been abandoned. --v. 1 tr. cast off as a slough. 2 intr. (often foll. by off) drop off as a slough. 3 intr. cast off a slough. 4 intr. (often foll. by away, down) (of soil, rock, etc.) collapse or slide into a hole or depression. Derivatives sloughy adj. Etymology: ME, perh. rel. to LG slu(we) husk ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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geographical name town SE central England in Berkshire population 98,600 SLOUGH I. noun Etymology: Middle English ~e, slo, from Old English sloh; akin to Middle High German slouche ditch Date: before 12th century 1. a. a place of deep mud or mire b. (also slew) (or slue) (1) swamp (2) an inlet on a river; also backwater (3) a creek in a marsh or tide flat 2. a state of moral degradation or spiritual dejection • ~y adjective II. verb Date: 1846 transitive verb to engulf in a ~ intransitive verb to plod through or as if through mud ; slog III. noun also sluff Etymology: Middle English slughe; akin to Middle High German sluch snakeskin Date: 14th century 1. the cast-off skin of a snake 2. a mass of dead tissue separating from an ulcer 3. something that may be shed or cast off IV. verb also sluff Date: 1720 intransitive verb 1. a. to become shed or cast off b. to cast off one's skin c. to separate in the form of dead tissue from living tissue 2. to crumble slowly and fall away transitive verb 1. to cast off 2. a. to get rid of or discard as irksome, objectionable, or disadvantageous — usually used with off b. to dispose of (a losing card in bridge) by discarding Synonyms: see discard ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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(sloughs, sloughing, sloughed) When a plant sloughs its leaves, or an animal such as a snake sloughs its skin, the leaves or skin come off naturally. All reptiles have to slough their skin to grow... = shed VERB: V n • Slough off means the same as slough. Our bodies slough off dead cells. = shed PHRASAL VERB: V P n (not pron), also V n P ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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~1 v slough sth off phr v 1 technical to get rid of a dead outer layer of skin 2 literary to get rid of a feeling, belief etc (He was unable to slough off the stigmatizing label of criminal.) ~2 n 1 an area of land covered in deep dirty water or mud 2 a slough of despair/troubles etc literary a bad situation or condition that you cannot get out of easily (He soon became the forgotten man and was able to return to his slough of despondency.) ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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