late Old English sleacian, slacian "become slack or remiss; slacken an effort" (intransitive); "delay, retard" (transitive), from sl?c "lax" (see slack (adj.)). Transitive sense of "make slack" is from late 12c. Sense of "allay, diminish in force, quench, extinguish" (in reference to thirst, hunger, desire, wrath, etc.) first recorded early 14c. via notion of "make slack or inactive." Related: Slaked; slaking.
例文
1. Naturally,this did not slake Schleicher 's thirst of power.
もちろんこれはシュレッダーの権力への渇望を満たしていない。
2.Fair words slake wrath ; fair words hurt not the mouth.
いい言葉で人を怒らせ、いいことを言って自分に損はない。
3.We had to slake ourselves with rainwater in the desert.