sleck

sleck (third-person singular simple present slecks, present participle slecking, simple past and past participle slecked) Alternative form of slake (dialectal) To slake; allay; cool; quench; extinguish. (Scotland) To groan when overloaded with food; sigh with repletion.

词形变化

slecks 三单 slecking 现在分词 slecked 过去式 slecked 过去分词

别名

slekk

释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    Alternative form of slake.

    to sleck lime

  2. 2.

    To slake; allay; cool; quench; extinguish.

    方言
  3. 3.

    To groan when overloaded with food; sigh with repletion.

    苏格兰

词源

From Middle English slecken, slekken, from Old Norse slekkja, sløkkva (“to extinguish, quench, slake”), from Proto-Germanic *slakjaną, *slakwijaną (“to slake”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)lēg- (“weak, faint, limp”). Cognate with Old English sleċċan, slæċċan (“to make slack or slow, delay”).

来源：wiktionary