slake

 Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++slake /sleɪk/ verb [transitive] literary  1. slake your thirst literary DRINKto drink so that you are not thirsty anymore 解渴2. slake a desire/craving etc literary to satisfy a desire etc 满足欲望/渴望等→ See Verb table

Examples from the Corpus

slake• The trouble was that George had a needling propensity for deception that could not be slaked.• He had managed to slake her lust.• We chewed salted sunflower seeds, and slaked our thirst.• My thirst for knowledge had been slaked, surpassed by a hunger for cash.• Dessert selections at San Remo are modest but provide ample opportunity to slake that end-of-the-meal sweet craving.• Before continuing we slaked thirsts with warm water from our own bottles - we couldn't find any streams.Origin slake Old English slacian “to slacken”, from sleac; → SLACK1

slake verbChinese  

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slake
slake /sleɪk/ verb [transitive] literary1. slake your thirst to drink so that you are not thirsty any more
2. slake a desire/craving etc to satisfy a desire etc

slakeBrE /sleɪk/ 🔊NAmE /sleɪk/ 🔊 verbpresent simple - I / you / we / they slake BrE /sleɪk/ 🔊 NAmE /sleɪk/ 🔊present simple - he / she / it slakes BrE /sleɪks/ 🔊 NAmE /sleɪks/ 🔊past simple slaked BrE /sleɪkt/ 🔊 NAmE /sleɪkt/ 🔊past participle slaked BrE /sleɪkt/ 🔊 NAmE /sleɪkt/ 🔊 -ing form slaking BrE /ˈsleɪkɪŋ/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈsleɪkɪŋ/ 🔊 (literary) ~ your thirst to drink so that you no longer feel thirsty 缓和（口渴）；解（渴） SYN quench ~ sth to satisfy a desire 满足（欲望）