aslake

动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To abate; diminish. archaic,intransitive,rare,transitive
  2. To moderate; mitigate; appease; satisfy. intransitive,obsolete,rare,transitive
    — 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.

词形变化

aslakes present,singular,third-person aslaking participle,present aslaked participle,past aslaked past

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.
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