词组 | slough off |
释义 | slough off 1. slough off sth • slough sth off formal to get rid of a feeling, memory, or quality that you do not want: ▪ The company is now anxious to slough off its bad reputation. ▪ feelings of guilt that are not sloughed off so easily ■ SIMILAR TO: get rid of, shake off, cast off 2. slough off sth • slough sth off if a snake or other animal sloughs off its old dead skin, that skin comes off its body when a new skin grows: ▪ A rattlesnake may slough off its skin up to four times a year. ■ SIMILAR TO: shed |
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