单词	slake
释义	slakeslake /sleɪk/ verb [transitive] literary Word Origin WORD ORIGINslake Origin: Old English slacian ‘to slacken’, from sleac; ➔ SLACK1 Verb Table VERB TABLE slake Simple Form Present I, you, we, they slake he, she, it slakes Past I, you, he, she, it, we, they slaked Present perfect I, you, we, they have slaked he, she, it has slaked Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had slaked Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will slake Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have slaked Continuous Form Present I am slaking he, she, it is slaking you, we, they are slaking Past I, he, she, it was slaking you, we, they were slaking Present perfect I, you, we, they have been slaking he, she, it has been slaking Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had been slaking Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will be slaking Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have been slaking Examples EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS Before continuing we slaked thirsts with warm water from our own bottles - we couldn't find any streams. Dessert selections at San Remo are modest but provide ample opportunity to slake that end-of-the-meal sweet craving. He had managed to slake her lust. My thirst for knowledge had been slaked, surpassed by a hunger for cash. The trouble was that George had a needling propensity for deception that could not be slaked. We chewed salted sunflower seeds, and slaked our thirst. Collocations COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN► thirst · Before continuing we slaked thirsts with warm water from our own bottles - we couldn't find any streams.· We chewed salted sunflower seeds, and slaked our thirst.· It is diverted hundreds of miles along aqueducts to slake the thirst of Los Angeles, Phoenix and Tucson. Phrases PHRASES FROM THE ENTRY► slake your thirst We chewed salted sunflower seeds, and slaked our thirst. ► slake a desire/craving etc 1slake your thirst to drink so that you are not thirsty anymore2 slake a desire/craving etc to satisfy a desire etc
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