whet
英 [wet]
美[wɛt]
- vt. 刺激；磨快；促进
- n. 磨；开胃物；刺激物
词态变化
第三人称单数: whets;过去式: whetted;过去分词: whetted;现在分词: whetting;
中文词源
whet 磨，刺激
来自古英语hwettan,磨，使锋利，来自PIE*kewd,使锋利，来自PIE*ko的扩大格，词源同cone,cuneiform.
英英释意
- 1. make keen or more acute;
- "whet my appetite"
- 2. sharpen by rubbing, as on a whetstone
英文词源
- whet (v.)
- Old English hwettan "to whet, sharpen," figuratively "incite, encourage," from Proto-Germanic *hwatjan (cognates: 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" (cognates: Sanskrit codati "incites," literally "sharpens;" Old English hwæt "brave, bold," Old Saxon hwat "sharp").
实用场景例句
- The book will whet your appetite for more of her work.
- 你看了这本书就会更想多读她的著作。
牛津词典
- A really good catalogue can also whet customers' appetites for merchandise.
- 一份真正好的商品目录也可以激起顾客购买的欲望。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- ...lectures he hopes might whet the appetite and keep students' enthusiasm.
- 他希望能激发学生们的兴趣，保持他们的热情的讲座
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- Your reply quite overdue whet prevent you.
- 你方回在电太迟,是何原因.
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- Bill doesn't give a hoot whet IT he passes his examination or not.
- 比尔对做卷子题目测考题卷及格还得不及格一点都不在乎.
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- Read what he have to say and see whet IT you agree.
- 读一读他的观点,看看你也许同意.
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- He may whet his knife on the threshold of the Fleet.
- 监牢门口把刀磨.
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- If ox falls, whet your knife.
- 牛一倒, 快磨刀;人遭难,众人踩.
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- My question is whet IT to use a colon, comma, or dash despite the salutation.
- 我的重难点型是:称谓后面是要用冒号 、 逗点还得破折号.
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- I wonder whet IT you are not getting bored dealing with like the petty cash transaction.
- 我想你对处理那样的零用现金交易不烦吗?
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- The dish will whet your appetite.
- 这盘菜能促进你的食欲.
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- The job isn't hinging on whet IT you choose to be a spruce versus an oak.
- 任务的关键不在于你挑选了云杉而否则橡树.
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- Once in a while we whet to a restaurant.
- 我们偶尔下馆子.
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- Stones whet a sword, difficulties strengthen willpower.
- 石头是刀的朋友, 障碍是意志的朋友.
《现代汉英综合大词典》
- It outfits lathe, mill, whet, jointing and precision equipment, can supply the uniform products to customers.
- 本公司设备有车 、 铣 、 研磨 、 焊接及精密的测量检验设备一应俱全, 能够给客户提供始终如一的产品品质.
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- For some time, it were uncertain whet IT Arnoldus will survive his gunshot wound.
- 在相当长的一段时间, 都无所不能确定祖父的枪伤也许致命.
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- They wondered whet the manager would not agree to the suggestion.
- 她们心里拿不定主意也许经理不会同意这项意见.
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- Would you like to whet your appetite?
- 侍者:要点什么开开胃?
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- He question his boss whet IT he could leave off work a little earlier that day.
- 他问老总那天他也授权以早点离开办公室.
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- The years whet difficult, the slightest whetted to the dream of childhood.
- 岁月的磨难, 丝毫没有磨去童年的梦.
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- A. Whet are the library opening hours?
- 图书馆什麽时候开放?
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- Whole chicken, a chicken, 4 a chicken of, Whet the lousy ginger juice.
- 全鸡, 半个鸡, 4份之一鸡肉, 磨烂生姜汁.
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- I inquireed of him whet her he liked it.
- 我问他是否喜欢它.
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- Tom question if ( or whet IT ) Jack will arrive the beside day.
- 汤姆问杰克第二天也许能到.
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- If the ox falls , whet your knife.
- 墙倒众人推.
《简明英汉词典》
- There's nothing like a shot of whiskey to whet a man's appetite.
- 没有什么比一杯威士忌更能让人胃口大开了.
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- We wonder whet IT we may conclude a long term agency contract with you.
- 咱们不清楚能否与你方达成长久代理合约.
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- She gave him just enough information to whet his appetite.
- 她向他透露的信息刚好能吊起他的胃口。
辞典例句
- A really good catalogue can also whet customers' appetites for merchandise.
- 一份真正好的商品目录也可以激起顾客购买的欲望。
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