aslake

词形变化

aslaked aslakes 三单 aslakes aslaking aslaking 现在分词 aslaked 过去式 aslaked 过去分词

释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    To abate; diminish.

    古体 不及物 罕用 及物
  2. 2.

    To moderate; mitigate; appease; satisfy.

    不及物 废旧 罕用 及物

    The beast that prowls about in search of blood, / Or reptile that within the treacherous brake / Waits for the prey, upcoiled, its hunger to aslake. ― Southey, Paraguay.

词源

From Middle English aslaken, from Old English āslacian (“to become slack, decline, diminish, grow tired, make slack, loosen, relax, dissolve”), equivalent to a- + slake.

来源：wiktionary