whet
- IPA[wɛt]
英式
- sharpen the blade of (a tool or weapon)；excite or stimulate (someone's desire, interest, or appetite)
- a thing that stimulates appetite or desire
verb: whet, 3rd person present: whets, gerund or present participle: whetting, past tense: whetted, past participle: whetted
noun: whet, plural noun: whets
- 釋義
動詞
- 1. sharpen the blade of (a tool or weapon) she took out her dagger and began to whet its blade in even, rhythmic strokes 同義詞 反義詞
- ▪ excite or stimulate (someone's desire, interest, or appetite) here's an extract to whet your appetite the selection of quotations may whet your curiosity to investigate the source material 同義詞 反義詞
名詞
- 1. archaic a thing that stimulates appetite or desire he swallowed his two dozen oysters as a whet
