hone

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n. 磨刀石, 抱怨, 想念 vt. 用磨刀石磨, 磨练

发音

US /hoʊn/
UK /həʊn/

词形变化

hones 复数 hones 三单 honing 现在分词 honed 过去式 honed 过去分词

释义与例句

n. B2
  1. 1.

    A sharpening stone composed of extra-fine grit used for removing the burr or curl from the blade of a razor or some other edge tool.

    磨刀石

  2. 2.

    A machine tool used in the manufacture of precision bores.

  3. 1.

    A kind of swelling in the cheek.

v.
  1. 1.

    To sharpen with a hone; to whet.

    砺

    磨

    及物
  2. 2.

    To use a hone to produce a precision bore.

    及物
  3. 3.

    To refine (a skill especially) by learning.

    及物
  4. 4.

    To make more acute, intense, or effective.

  5. 1.

    To grumble.

    英国 美国 方言 不及物

    Such tunges ſhuld be torne out by the harde rootes,

  6. 2.

    To pine, lament, or long.

    英国 美国 方言
interj.
  1. 1.

    Synonym of alas Used to express sorrow, or grief

词汇关系

名词

上位词 2

tool whetstone
动词

同义词 1

perfect

上位词 6

better improve sharpen amend ameliorate meliorate

下位词 8

set round polish optimize polish up brush up optimise round off

相关短语

hone in home in [体]安全跑回本垒 Turkey hone Sutton at Hone

词源

From Middle English hon (“whetstone”), from Old English hān, from Proto-Germanic *hainō (compare Dutch heen, Norwegian hein), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱeh₃i- (“to sharpen”) (compare Ancient Greek κῶνος (kônos, “cone”), Persian سان (sân, “whetstone”)).

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