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unslaked

/sleyk/US // sleɪk //UK // (sleɪk) //

毫无保留的,毫无瑕疵的,毫无保留,毫无瑕疵

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v.有主动词 verb
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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.
v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1

    slaked, slak·ing.

    • : to become slaked.
    • : Archaic. to become less active, intense, vigorous, etc.; abate.

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Examples

  • 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.