slake
英 [sle?k]
美[slek]
- vt. 消除；熄滅；使清涼
- vi. （石灰）熟化；消除；平息
GRE暢通詞匯
詞態(tài)變化
第三人稱單數(shù):?slakes;過去式:?slaked;過去分詞:?slaked;現(xiàn)在分詞:?slaking;
中文詞源
slake 消除，平息，緩和
來自古英語 slacian,使無力，使懈怠，使緩慢，詞源同 slack.引申比喻義消除，平息，緩和等。
英文詞源
- slake (v.)
- late Old English sleacian, slacian "become slack or remiss; slacken an effort" (intransitive); "delay, retard" (transitive), from sl?c "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.
雙語例句
- 1. Naturally, this did not slake Schleicher's thirst of power.
- 自然這并沒有滿足施萊歇對權(quán)力的渴望.
來自辭典例句
- 2. Fair words slake wrath; fair words hurt not the mouth.
- 好言好語息人怒; 說好話于己無損.
來自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)
- 3. We had to slake ourselves with rainwater in the desert.
- 在沙漠中我們不得不用雨水解渴.
來自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)
- 4. Nothing can slake his anger.
- 無事可平息他的怒氣.
來自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)
- 5. Fair words slake wrath.
- 甜言美語三冬暖.
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