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单词 slake
释义
slake
verb[T]
literary
uk
/sleɪk/us
/sleɪk/
tosatisfyafeelingof beingthirstyor ofwantingsomething:
满足
Afterourlonggameoftennis, we slakedourthirstwith abeer.打了很长时间的网球之后，我们去喝啤酒解渴。
I don'tthinkDick willevermanageto slake hislustforpower.我认为迪克对权力的欲望永远也不会得到满足。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Taking pleasure in something
  • bask
  • bask insomething
  • bask/bathe in reflected gloryidiom
  • be a glutton for punishmentidiom
  • be a great one forsomethingidiom
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  • ecstasy
  • flatter
  • get off onsomething
  • get oversomething/someone
  • get your jolliesidiom
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  • masochism
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  • meat
  • perk
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(Definition ofslakefrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

slake| American Dictionary

slake
verb[T]
us
/sleɪk/
tosatisfya need todrinkor adesirefor something:
Two new natural-gasplantsshouldhelpslake the country'sdemandforpower.
(Definition ofslakefrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofslake

slake
The more objects that have been associated with slaking thirst, the more widespread the initial attentional facilitation.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Conversely, the verbslakedoes occur in collocation with thirst, whileslakefire is not an acceptable combination.
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An injured person, that is to say, may experience a disquiet that can be slaked by 'holding someone accountable' even without knowing ex ante exactly what that means.
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The person who doubts will feel disturbed, will seek a way out of his doubts, the person in whom thirst is aroused will seek toslakeit.
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They have a limitless thirst, which at present is being nothing like slaked.
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We gave it freely: we coveted no territory; we had no racial hatreds to gratify; we had no vengeance toslake.
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It may be a matter of slaking curiosity.
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I am glad that we have an extra hour for this debate in which toslakeour thirst for knowledge.
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To do what all human beings do, toslakemy thirst.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
Their thirst for blood has been slaked by gold.
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It is to condition, to limit, to control, so as toslakesome kind of thirst for a distorted notion of morality.
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In the meantime we simply speculate andslakeour thirst on leaks.
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We simply cannotslaketheir thirst in that respect.
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They do notslakein contact with water and must therefore be ground to a floury fineness.
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It consists primarily of calcium hydroxide which is derived by slaking quicklime (calcium oxide), and may contain up to 5% of other ingredients.
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