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slake /sleɪk/ verb [transitive] literary 1. slake your thirst literary DRINKto drink so that you are not thirsty anymore 解渴2. slake a desire/craving etc literary to satisfy a desire etc 满足欲望/渴望等→ 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; → SLACK1slake verbChinese Corpus not to you drink thirsty that are so |