slough
The skin shed by a snake or other reptileThe skin shed by a snake or other reptile.
» The snake sloughs its skin several times a year.
Die Schlange häutet sich mehrmals im Jahr.
Змея сбрасывает кожу несколько раз в год.
Значение
значений: 7(исчисляемое, неисчисляемое)The skin shed by a snake or other reptile.
That is the slough of a rattler; we must be careful.
abgestreifte Haut
вы́ползокvýpolzok, вы́ползинаvýpolzina
(исчисляемое, неисчисляемое)Dead skin on a sore or ulcer.
This is the slough that came off of his skin after the burn.
Schorf, Kruste
струпstrup, коро́стаkorósta
A marshy or muddy area.
(Northern US, Southern US)A type of swamp or shallow lake system, typically formed as or by the backwater of a larger waterway, similar to a bayou with trees.
We paddled under a canopy of trees through the slough.
(США, Western)A secondary channel of a river delta, usually flushed by the tide.
The Sacramento River Delta contains dozens of sloughs that are often used for water-skiing and fishing.
A state of depression.
John is in a slough.
подавленностьpodavlennostʹ
(Canadian Prairies)A small pond, often alkaline, many but not all formed by glacial potholes.
Potholes or sloughs formed by a glacier’s retreat from the central plains of North America, are now known to be some of the world’s most productive ecosystems.
Примеры
предложений: 6The snake sloughs its skin several times a year.
Змея сбрасывает кожу несколько раз в год.
deDie Schlange häutet sich mehrmals im Jahr.
Swear to God, it sloughs brain cells.
A slough is a swamp or shallow lake system, usually a backwater to a larger body of water.
Tom will slough.
The town Slough has a very suitable name.
Переводы
языков: 7По значениям 3
По значениям 2
Происхождение
From Middle English slogh, slugh, slouh, from Proto-Germanic *sluk-, perhaps related to *sFrom Middle English slogh, slugh, slouh, from Proto-Germanic *sluk-, perhaps related to *sleupaną (“to slip, sneak”) (compare Gothic 𐍃𐌻𐌹𐌿𐍀𐌰𐌽 (sliupan)).
From Middle English slough (“muddy place; swamp; mire”), Old English slōh, probably from Proto-Germanic *slōhaz.
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Формы
мн. число: sloughsОднокоренные
связанных слов: 8Уроки к слову
уроков: 1- A1Исчисляемые и неисчисляемые существительные — Потому что оно может быть неисчисляемым