slake
摇摆,摇动,摇晃,摇摆不定
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slaked, slak·ing.
- : to allay by satisfying.
- : to cool or refresh: He slaked his lips with ice.
- : to make less active, vigorous, intense, etc.: His calm manner slaked their enthusiasm.
- : to cause disintegration of by treatment with water.Compare slaked lime.
- : to moisten; wet: To thicken the sauce, add a tablespoon of cornstarch slaked with a little cold water.
- : Obsolete. to make loose or less tense; slacken.
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slaked, slak·ing.
- : to become slaked.
- : Archaic. to become less active, intense, vigorous, etc.; abate.
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A Long Island pioneer winery brings us a top-notch crisp and juicy rosé to slake our thirst and cut through the summer’s heat.
Using them, nest fronds can share their water, slaking the thirst of neighboring strap fronds.
Previous research by other scientists found networks of roots running throughout the colony, which means that nest fronds have the ability to slake strap fronds’ thirst.
There’s also a page of wineries that will send us wines and schedule online virtual tastings to slake our thirst and whet our appetites for when we can get there in person.
The fevered mules plunged in headlong and drank greedily; the riders were perforce obliged to slake their thirst after them.
An old gray-headed man tottered forward to slake his burning thirst.
In good sooth ye do,” cried Biarne, with a laugh; “a mouse could hardly slake his thirst with all that you have yet imbibed.
Would I be the tiger, blind with desire of blood leaping at the wild-deer's throat, to slake a cruel thirst?
The sun was excessively hot, and at every rivulet that I crossed I stopped to slake my thirst.