英汉词典

whet 基本解释

• vt. 刺激；磨快；促进
• n. 磨；开胃物；刺激物

whet 词态变化

whet 中文词源

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.

whet 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").

whet 英文释义

1. make keen or more acute;

"whet my appetite"

2. sharpen by rubbing, as on a whetstone

whet 双语例句

1. 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。

来自《权威词典》

2. If the ox falls , whet your knife.

墙倒众人推.

来自《简明英汉词典》

3. Stones whet a sword, difficulties strengthen willpower.

石头是刀的朋友, 障碍是意志的朋友.

来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

4. 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。

来自辞典例句

5. 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。

来自辞典例句

whet 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。

辞典例句