slaking [
'sleikiŋ]
n. 熟化(消化,潮解)
- Hasn't NATO slaked his lust for blood?
难道北约还没有满足他的血腥的欲望吗? - We had to slake ourselves with rainwater in the desert.
在沙漠中我们不得不用雨水解渴。
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.
It could not slake mine ire nor ease my heart.
--Shak.
2. To mix with water, so that a true chemical combination
shall take place; to slack; as, to slake lime.