Slake

[sleɪk] or [slek]

解釋/意思:

(verb.) make less active or intense.

錄入:雷内--From WordNet

解釋/意思:

(a.) To allay; to quench; to extinguish; as, to slake thirst.

(a.) To mix with water, so that a true chemical combination shall take place; to slack; as, to slake lime.

(v. i.) To go out; to become extinct.

(v. i.) To abate; to become less decided.

(v. i.) To slacken; to become relaxed.

(v. i.) To become mixed with water, so that a true chemical combination takes place; as, the lime slakes.

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同義詞及近義詞：

v. a. [1]. Quench, extinguish, allay.[2]. Slack (as lime).

錄入:沃尔特

解釋/意思:

n. a channel through a swamp or morass: slime.

v.t. (Scot.) to besmear.—n. a slabbery daub.

v.t. to quench: to extinguish: to mix with water: to make slack or inactive.—v.i. to go out: to become extinct.—adj. Slake′less that cannot be slaked: inextinguishable.

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