| 词汇 | slake |
| 释义 | slake verb[ T ] literaryuk /sleɪk/ us /sleɪk/ to satisfy a feeling of being thirsty or of wanting something: 满足 After our long game of tennis, we slaked our thirst with a beer.打了很长时间的网球之后，我们去喝啤酒解渴。 I don't think Dick will ever manage to slake his lust for power.我认为迪克对权力的欲望永远也不会得到满足。 Taking pleasure in something bask bask in something bask/bathe in reflected gloryidiom be a glutton for punishmentidiom be a great one for somethingidiom gad about/around (somewhere) get off on something get over something/someone get your jolliesidiom glory in something glutton live it upidiom luxuriate in something masochism masochistic masochistically savour slaver wallow whoop slake | American Dictionaryslake verb[ T ] us/sleɪk/ to satisfy a need to drink or a desire for something: Two new natural-gas plants should help slake the country's demand for power. Examples of slakeslake The more objects that have been associated with slaking thirst, the more widespread the initial attentional facilitation. Conversely, the verb slake does occur in collocation with thirst, while slake fire is not an acceptable combination. 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. The person who doubts will feel disturbed, will seek a way out of his doubts, the person in whom thirst is aroused will seek to slake it. They have a limitless thirst, which at present is being nothing like slaked. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We gave it freely: we coveted no territory; we had no racial hatreds to gratify; we had no vengeance to slake. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It may be a matter of slaking curiosity. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I am glad that we have an extra hour for this debate in which to slake our thirst for knowledge. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 To do what all human beings do, to slake my thirst. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Their thirst for blood has been slaked by gold. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is to condition, to limit, to control, so as to slake some kind of thirst for a distorted notion of morality. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In the meantime we simply speculate and slake our thirst on leaks. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We simply cannot slake their thirst in that respect. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They do not slake in contact with water and must therefore be ground to a floury fineness. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. It consists primarily of calcium hydroxide which is derived by slaking quicklime (calcium oxide), and may contain up to 5% of other ingredients. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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