whet

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n. 磨, 开胃小吃 vt. 磨, 磨快, 刺激, 促进

发音

US /ˈwɛt/
US /ˈwɛt/

词形变化

whets 复数 whets 三单 whets whetted whetting whetting 现在分词 whetted 过去式 whetted 过去分词

别名

wet

教材释义与例句

名词

磨；开胃物；刺激物

动词

刺激；磨快；促进

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    The act of whetting something.

  2. 2.

    That which whets or sharpens; especially, an appetizer.

v.
  1. 1.

    To hone or rub on with some substance, as a piece of stone, for the purpose of sharpening – see whetstone.

    磨

    及物
  2. 2.

    To stimulate or make more keen.

    及物

    to whet one's appetite or one's courage

    My faith in vegetarianism grew on me from day to day. Salt's book whetted my appetite for dietetic studies. I went in for all books available on vegetarianism and read them.

  3. 3.

    To preen.

    废旧 及物

词汇关系

动词

同义词 1

quicken

上位词 4

stir excite stimulate sharpen

相关短语

whet slate whet slates whet someone's appetite

词源

From Middle English whetten, from Old English hwettan (“to whet, sharpen, incite, encourage”), from Proto-West Germanic *hwattjan, from Proto-Germanic *hwatjaną (“to incite, sharpen”), from Proto-Indo-European *kʷeh₁d- (“sharp”). Cognate with Dutch wetten (“to whet, sharpen”), German wetzen (“to whet, sharpen”), Icelandic hvetja (“to whet, encourage, catalyze”), dialectal Danish hvæde (“to whet”).

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