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whet
音标[hwet] 读音
汉语翻译
n. 磨, 开胃小吃
vt. 磨, 磨快, 刺激, 促进
词型变化:
动词过去式:whetted过去分词:whetted现在分词:whetting第三人称单数:whets
英语解释:
动词 whet:
- make keen or more acute同义词:quicken
- sharpen by rubbing, as on a whetstone
例句:
- If the ox falls, whet your knife.牛一倒,快磨刀; 人遭难,众人踩。
- He whetted his knife on the stone.他在石头上磨刀。
- Reading travel brochures whetted his appetite for a holiday.他看了旅游手册就巴不得去度假。
详细解释:
whet
v.tr.(及物动词)whet.ted,whet.ting,whets To sharpen (a knife, for example); hone.磨,磨快:磨尖(一把刀);在磨刀石上把…磨快To make more keen; stimulate:使更强烈;刺激:例句:The frying bacon whetted my appetite.煎咸肉增强了我的食欲
n.(名词)The act of whetting.磨快的行为Something that whets.刺激物Informal An appetizer.【非正式用语】 开胃物
来源:Middle English whetten 中古英语 whetten from Old English hwettan 源自 古英语 hwettan