whetstone

n. 磨石

发音

US /ˈʍɛtˌstoʊn/
US /ˈʍɛʔˌstoʊn/
US /ˈwɛtˌstoʊn/
US /ˈwɛʔˌstoʊn/
UK /wɛtstəʊn/
SCOT /ˈʍɛtˌston/

词形变化

whetstones 复数 whetstones whetstoned whetstones 三单 whetstoning whetstoning 现在分词 whetstoned 过去式 whetstoned 过去分词

别名

wetstone

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A sharpening stone; a hard stone or piece of synthetically bonded hard minerals that has been formed with at least one flat surface, used to sharpen or hone an edged tool.

    磨刀石

    磨石

  2. 2.

    A stimulant.

    比喻
  3. 3.

    Alternative letter-case form of Whetstone (“benchmark”).

    计算机 工程 数学
v.
  1. 1.

    To sharpen with a whetstone.

    及物

    Near-synonym: hone (verb)

词汇关系

名词

上位词 1

stone

下位词 2

hone oilstone

词源

From Middle English whestone, whetston, whetesston, from Old English hwetstān, from Proto-West Germanic *hwattjastain (“whetstone”). Equivalent to whet (“to sharpen”) + stone.

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