slake

英 [sleɪk] 美 [sleɪk]

• vt. 消除；满足；(石灰）熟化

英英释义

Verb:

1. satisfy (thirst);

   "The cold water quenched his thirst"
   

2. make less active or intense

3. cause to heat and crumble by treatment with water;

   "slack lime"
   

例句

用作及物动词 (vt.)

1. We had to slake ourselves with rainwater in the desert.
   在沙漠中我们不得不用雨水解渴。
2. A menu will not satisfy your hunger, a formula will not slake your thirst.
   菜单不可能填饱你的肚子，一套准则也不可能消除你的饥渴。
3. We returned to the barn and slake our thirst with tea
   我们回到谷仓,饮茶解渴
4. I shall not seek a well to slake the burning thirst of my heart,
   我不会找一口井来消除内心强烈的渴望，
5. Hasn't NATO slaked his lust for blood?
   难道北约还没有满足他的血腥的欲望吗？

经典引文

• I..feel daily that thy love beginneth to slake.

  出自： T. H. White

词汇搭配

• air slake 潮解(空气熟化...
• slake tank 消和槽, 消石灰槽...

近反义词

【近义词】

• quench 熄灭
• satisfy 使满意
• satiate 使饱足
• sate 使心满意足
• extinguish 熄灭
• suffice 足够
• alleviate 减轻
• slack 松弛的
• allay 减轻
• abate 缓和
• assuage 缓和