late Old English sleacian, slacian "become slack or remiss; slacken an effort" (intransitive); "delay, retard" (transitive), from slæc "lax" (see slack (adj.)). Transitive sense of "make slack" is from late 12c. Sense of "allay, diminish in force, quench, extinguish" (in reference to thirst, hunger, desire, wrath, etc.) first recorded early 14c. via notion of "make slack or inactive." Related: Slaked; slaking.
双语例句
1. Naturally, this did not slake Schleicher's thirst of power.
自然这并没有满足施莱歇对权力的渴望.
来自辞典例句
2. Fair words slake wrath; fair words hurt not the mouth.
好言好语息人怒; 说好话于己无损.
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3. We had to slake ourselves with rainwater in the desert.
