Whet
[wet] or [wɛt]
解释:
(verb.) sharpen by rubbing, as on a whetstone.
(verb.) make keen or more acute; 'whet my appetite'.
艾达整理--From WordNet
解释:
(v. t.) To rub or on with some substance, as a piece of stone, for the purpose of sharpening; to sharpen by attrition; as, to whet a knife.
(v. t.) To make sharp, keen, or eager; to excite; to stimulate; as, to whet the appetite or the courage.
(n.) The act of whetting.
(n.) That which whets or sharpens; esp., an appetizer.
杰夫编辑
同义词及近义词:
v. a. [1]. Sharpen (by rubbing).[2]. Stimulate, excite, arouse, rouse, quicken, animate, warm, kindle.
黛比手打
同义词及反义词:
SYN:Sharpen, incite, stimulate, excite, provoke
ANT:Blunt, pall, deaden, satiate, nauseate, Whim,[See DRY]
芭比整理
解释:
v.t. to sharpen by rubbing: to make keen: to excite: (obs.) to preen:—pr.p. whet′ting: pa.t. and pa.p. whet′ted.—n. act of sharpening: something that sharpens the appetite.—ns. Whet′-stone a stone for sharpening edged instruments: a stimulant; Whet′ter.—Whet on or forward (Shak.) to urge on.
艾伦录入
例句:
- Whet the bright steel, Sons of the White Dragon! 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
- Never heed me; I'll bear it this whet [time]. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
- Whet the steel, the raven croaks! 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
- He makes us wait to whet our curiosity, she said. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
- Whet the steel, sons of the Dragon! 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
- Nothing in her cherished affection in me, made me better, gentler; she only stirred my brain and whetted my acuteness. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
- Almost daily he whetted his keen knife and scraped and whittled at his young beard to eradicate this degrading emblem of apehood. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
- She felt as if her senses were being whetted on some fine grindstone, that was keen as flame. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
- I knew the steely ire I had whetted. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
- When the task was done, Mr Boffin, with his appetite for Misers whetted instead of satiated, began to look out again. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
- He practiced with his rope and played with his sharp knife, which he had learned to keep keen by whetting upon flat stones. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
- Such an oracle really whets my curiosity. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
贝蒂整理