sloughing
present participle ofslough
| 单词 | sloughing |
| 释义 | sloughing present participle ofslough slough verb[T] uk/slʌf/us/slʌf/biology (of someanimals) to have alayerofskincome off: Snakes sloughtheirskinregularly. Synonyms moultUK shed Removing and getting rid of things
Phrasal verbsloughsomethingoff Examplesofsloughingsloughing In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. Preliminary experiments have focussed on quantifying erosion andsloughingas separate indicators of overall detachment rate. From theCambridge English Corpus Sloughingoccurs only rarely and renewal takes place at a very low rate. From theCambridge English Corpus Finally, detachment of biofilms through erosion andsloughingin drinking-water distribution systems needs to be quantified. From theCambridge English Corpus The height-dependent mechanism produced flat biofilms that lackedsloughingevents. From theCambridge English Corpus The different detachment mechanisms demonstrated diverse characteristics regarding structure,sloughing, and the existence of a steady state. From theCambridge English Corpus This firstsloughingoccurred at different times around day 40 for each of the five replicate simulations. From theCambridge English Corpus Detachment from biofilms in technical systems is caused by a combination of processes including abrasion, erosion,sloughingand predator grazing. From theCambridge English Corpus In the remaining test animals, histopathological changes could not be evaluated due to advanced autolysis andsloughingof the epithelium. From theCambridge English Corpus The neighbor mechanism did not produce either a non-zero steady state orsloughingevents. From theCambridge English Corpus Detachment based on substrate starvation produced significantsloughingevents in almost every case. From theCambridge English Corpus Sloughingand renewal of hematin cells. From theCambridge English Corpus The seeds were immediately transferred in plastic bags to the laboratory and were then soaked in water for 30 min to permitsloughingof the pericarps. From theCambridge English Corpus In fact, society issloughingoff the debt it has incurred. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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