whet
whet 英 [wet] 美 [hwɛt, wɛt]
vt. 刺激；磨快；促进 n. 磨；开胃物；刺激物
进行时:whetting 过去式:whetted 过去分词:whetted 第三人称单数:whets
- To whet is to sharpen. You could whet a knife's blade with a whetting stone, or you could whet your appetite by having some Doritos.
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- vt. 刺激；磨快；促进
- n. 磨；开胃物；刺激物
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1. Companions, the creator seeketh, and such as know how to whet their sickles.
开创者找寻的是伙伴，是那些懂得如何磨快镰刀的人。
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2. The sight of Mercedes on the roads also whet the town's appetite for more luxury cars.
奔驰车在马路上形成的风景线还刺激了这个城镇购买更多豪华车的欲望。
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3. A little book on the human shadow, by the poet and author Robert Bly, is a wonderful introduction to the topic and will whet your appetite for a shadow buffet.
一本由诗人兼作家罗伯特-布莱写的关于人类的隐性人格的小书是对于这一话题的精彩介绍并能促进你对隐性人格的冲击欲望。
- whet (v.) Old English hwettan "to whet, sharpen," figuratively "incite, encourage," from Proto-Germanic *hwatjan (source also of Old Norse hvetja "to sharpen, encourage," Middle Low German, Middle Dutch wetten, Old High German wezzan, German wetzen "to sharpen," Gothic ga-hvatjan "to sharpen, incite"), from PIE root *kwed- "to sharpen" (source also of Sanskrit codati "incites," literally "sharpens;" Old English hwæt "brave, bold," Old Saxon hwat "sharp").
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