English Dictionary

slough

/slaʊ/

noun

(Britain) A muddy or marshy area. / (Eastern United States) 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.

I got stuck in a slough while hiking through the wetlands.

意味（1）

(Britain) A muddy or marshy area.

That comed - as you call it - of being arrant asses, retorted the doctor, "and not having sense enough to know honest air from poison, and the dry land from a vile, pestiferous slough.

意味（2）

(Eastern United States) 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.

意味（3）

(Western United States) 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.

意味（4）

A state of depression.

John is in a slough.

意味（5）

(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.