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slake vt. 消除,平息,熄灭 消除,平息,熄灭 slake v 1: satisfy ( thirst); " The cold water quenched his thirst" [ synonym: { quench}, { slake}, { allay}, { assuage}] 2: make less active or intense [ synonym: { slake}, { abate}, { slack}] 3: cause to heat and crumble by treatment with water; " slack lime" [ synonym: { slack}, { slake}] Slake \ Slake\, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. { Slaked}; p. pr. & vb. n. { Slaking}.] [ OE. slaken to render slack, to slake, AS. sleacian, fr. sleac slack. See { Slack}, v. & a.] 1. To allay; to quench; to extinguish; as, to slake thirst. " And slake the heavenly fire." -- Spenser. [ 1913 Webster] It could not slake mine ire nor ease my heart. -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster] 2. To mix with water, so that a true chemical combination shall take place; to slack; as, to slake lime. [ 1913 Webster]
Slake \ Slake\, v. i. 1. To go out; to become extinct. " His flame did slake." -- Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster] 2. To abate; to become less decided. [ R.] -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster] 3. To slacken; to become relaxed. " When the body' s strongest sinews slake." [ R.] -- Sir J. Davies. [ 1913 Webster] 4. To become mixed with water, so that a true chemical combination takes place; as, the lime slakes. [ 1913 Webster] { Slake trough}, a trough containing water in which a blacksmith cools a forging or tool. [ 1913 Webster] 79 Moby Thesaurus words for " slake": abate, allay, alleviate, anesthetize, appease, assuage, bate, benumb, cloy, cram, cushion, deaden, deaden the pain, diminish, dull, ease, ease matters, ease off, ease up, engorge, feast, feed, fill, fill up, foment, fulfill, give relief, glut, gorge, gratify, jade, lay, lessen, let down, let up, loose, loosen, lull, mitigate, mollify, numb, overdose, overfeed, overfill, overgorge, oversaturate, overstuff, pad, pall, palliate, poultice, pour balm into, pour oil on, quench, reduce, regale, relax, relieve, remit, salve, sate, satiate, satisfy, saturate, slack, slack off, slack up, slacken, soften, soothe, stuff, stupe, subdue, supersaturate, surfeit, unbend, unbrace, unstrain, unstring
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