slough

脫落、蛻皮、剝落

A snake sloughs its skin several times a year.

蛇一年會蛻好幾次皮。

擺脫、摒棄、丟開

She finally sloughed the guilt she had carried for years.

她終於擺脫了背負多年的罪惡感。

泥沼、沼澤、泥坑

The truck's rear wheels sank into a muddy slough.

卡車的後輪陷進了泥濘的沼地裡。

蛻下的皮、脫落的表皮、壞死組織

We found the dry slough of a snake under the porch.

我們在門廊下發現一張乾掉的蛇蛻。

低潮、消沉、絕境文學用語

He spent that winter in a slough of despair.

那年冬天他陷在絕望的低潮裡。