| 单词 | slough off |
| 释义 | slough off 1. slough verb 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. [VERB noun] The lemon geranium sloughs dry brown leaves at the base of its branches. [VERB noun] 2. phrasal verb See full dictionary entry for slough If you slough off something that you no longer want or need, you get rid of it. [written] She tried hard to slough off her old personality. [VERB PARTICLE noun (not pronoun)] By early 1916 Lyttelton had sloughed off any hint of boyishness. [VERB PARTICLE noun (not pronoun)] |
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