whet
英 [wet]
美 [wet]
v. 刺激…的欲望; 增强…的兴趣
过去分词：whetted 过去式：whetted 现在分词：whetting 第三人称单数：whets
BNC.18573 / COCA.19708
牛津词典
verb
- 刺激…的欲望；增强…的兴趣
to increase your desire for or interest in sth- 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。
- The book will whet your appetite for more of her work.
柯林斯词典
- PHRASE 刺激(某人)对…的欲望;激发（某人）对…的兴趣
If someone or somethingwhetsyourappetite fora particular thing, they increase your desire to have it or know about it, especially by giving you an idea of what it is like.- 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。 - ...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
- A really good catalogue can also whet customers' appetites for merchandise.
英英释义
verb
- sharpen by rubbing, as on a whetstone
- make keen or more acute
- whet my appetite
双语例句
- Early men then ate the same plants whet they fall sick, and found them helpful.
早期的人生病时，也吃同样的植物，并发现它们有帮助。 - Stones whet a sword, difficulties strengthen willpower.
石头是刀的朋友，障碍是意志的朋友。 - Then he would put it on the stone again and whet, whet, till I could have laughed aloud, it was so very ludicrous.
于是他又在磨刀石上一磨再磨，真是滑稽，使我禁不住要放声大笑。 - 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。 - Whet your appetite, are you hungry?
刺激你的欲望，你是否渴望？ - I am sure this food will whet their appetites.
我敢肯定，这些菜能让他们大开胃口。 - With these beautifully crafted works of edible art, the park ´ s creators whet the mass'appetite to consume, but with style and cultivation.
除了风格和修养之外，凭借着这些做工精美的可食用艺术作品，公园的创造者激起了大众消费的欲望。 - The preview was intended to whet your appetite.
预告是为了吊胃口。 - I've read only the first few pages of her book, but it was enough to whet my appetite.
她的书我只看了开头几页，但已经引起我极大的兴趣。 - His first step MS toadaptto the situation and keep hisacquisitivepartners from selling whet he had started to the highest bidder.
他采取的第一步是适应局面并阻止那些贪婪的合伙人把他创立的学校卖给出价最高的人。