slough1
verbVerb Forms
Phrasal Verbs| present simple I / you / we / they slough | |
| he / she / it sloughs | |
| past simple sloughed | |
| past participle sloughed | |
| -ing form sloughing |
to lose a layer of dead skin, etc. 蜕（皮）；使脱落 - slough something
a snake sloughing its skin 正在蜕皮的蛇 - slough something off
Slough off dead skin cells by using a facial scrub. 用面部磨砂膏去除死皮。
Word OriginMiddle English (as a noun denoting a skin, especially the outer skin shed by a snake): perhaps related to Low German slu(we) ‘husk, peel’. The verb dates from the early 18th cent.- slough something