Slough

(noun.) any outer covering that can be shed or cast off (such as the cast-off skin of a snake).

(noun.) a stagnant swamp (especially as part of a bayou).

(noun.) a hollow filled with mud.

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• A telegraph that could be worked with five circuits came within the range of practicability, and it was put into operation on the Great Western Railway as far as Slough, a distance of 18 miles. 弗雷德里克·科利尔·贝克维尔. 伟大的事实.
• Gerald was her escape from the heavy slough of the pale, underworld, automatic colliers. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• We were in the Slough of Despond tonight, and Mother came and pulled us out as Help did in the book. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
• But it is not always slough, objected Caroline. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• When we arrived at Rochester therefore, we were surprised to receive, by a man just come from Slough, a letter from this exemplary sufferer. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• They show you only the green, tempting surface of the marsh, and give not one faithful or truthful hint of the slough underneath. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• The name of the slough was Despond. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• Sometimes, we strike into the skirting mud, to avoid the stones that clatter us and shake us; sometimes, we stick in ruts and sloughs there. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 双城记.
• The ground on the west shore of the river, opposite Columbus, is low and in places marshy and cut up with sloughs. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.

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