slake

From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishslakeslake /sleɪk/ verb [transitive] literary 1 → slake your thirst2 → slake a desire/craving etc→ See Verb tableExamples from the Corpusslake• The trouble was that George had a needling propensity for deception that could not be slaked.• He had managed to slake her lust.• We chewed salted sunflower seeds, and slaked our thirst.• My thirst for knowledge had been slaked, surpassed by a hunger for cash.• Dessert selections at San Remo are modest but provide ample opportunity to slake that end-of-the-meal sweet craving.• Before continuing we slaked thirsts with warm water from our own bottles - we couldn't find any streams.Origin slake Old English slacian “to slacken”, from sleac; → SLACK1

单词	slake
释义	slake From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishslakeslake /sleɪk/ verb [transitive] literary 1 → slake your thirst2 → slake a desire/craving etc→ See Verb tableExamples from the Corpusslake• The trouble was that George had a needling propensity for deception that could not be slaked.• He had managed to slake her lust.• We chewed salted sunflower seeds, and slaked our thirst.• My thirst for knowledge had been slaked, surpassed by a hunger for cash.• Dessert selections at San Remo are modest but provide ample opportunity to slake that end-of-the-meal sweet craving.• Before continuing we slaked thirsts with warm water from our own bottles - we couldn't find any streams.Origin slake Old English slacian “to slacken”, from sleac; → SLACK1
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