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slake

🇬🇧 UK/sleik/🇺🇸 US
TOEFLGREC2

Definitions

v.

To satisfy thirst or a strong desire; to cool or quench.

解（渴），满足（欲望）；消除，熄灭

n.

A sloppy, wet mess.

烂泥，稀泥

🧩 Root Breakdown

Native English
slakeother
=slake

Common Collocations

  • 1.slake one's thirst解渴
  • 2.slake one's desire满足欲望
  • 3.[slake one's appetite]满足胃口
  • 4.slake one's curiosity满足好奇心

Example Sentences

  • 1.

    After the long hike, he drank deeply to slake his thirst.

  • 2.

    No amount of reading could slake her insatiable curiosity about the universe.

  • 3.

    The cool rain helped slake the parched earth after weeks of drought.

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