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.